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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14325369

CLEARANCE,TAILGATE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,DUMP TRUCK,LOST CONTROL,INATTENTION

Event
CLEARANCE,TAILGATE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,DUMP TRUCK,LOST CONTROL,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14325369
Report ID
317500

Event description

Employee killed when crushed between two trucks

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a truck driver, had parked his dump truck facing downhill, 53 in. f rom another dump truck, with their tailgates facing one another. At the end of t he work day the driver of the uphill truck jumped into his cab and attempted to start his truck. He let the truck drift backward as Employee #1 was walking betw een the trucks' tailgates; it collided with the other truck and crushed Employee #1, killing him.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 32 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    2
    Source
    29
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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