OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14312177

84 LUMBER COMPANY

LAKEWOOD, NJ· 1986-10-24T00:00:00

Event: BACK-UP ALARM, OBSTRUCTED VIEW, TRUCK, STRUCK BY, BACKING UP, INATTENTION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #100631571
Employer profile: 84 LUMBER COMPANY
Summary number: 14312177
Report ID: 213900

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY BACKING TRUCK

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS LOADING LUMBER ONTO A FLAT BED STAKE BODY TRUCK WHEN THE ACCIDEN T OCCURRED. HE WAS GETTING THE LUMBER FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT STACKS OF DIFFERENT SIZE LUMBER. AS HE WAS WALKING FROM ONE STACK TO ANOTHER HE WAS STRUCK AND KILL ED BY THE BACKING TRUCK.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 28 M

Nature of injury
7

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
30

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
1

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