OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14342398
BACK-UP ALARM,WHEEL,CONSTRUCTION,TRUCK,DUMP TRUCK,RUN OVER,BACKING UP
Event description
RUN OVER BY DUMP TRUCK
Investigation abstract
A DUMP TRUCK HAD BEEN LOADED WITH DIRT. EMPLOYEE #1 HANDED THE TICKET FOR THE LO AD TO THE DRIVER AND GAVE HIM DIRECTIONS TO HIS DESTINATION. EMPLOYEE #1 THEN WA LKED 15 TO 20 FEET TO THE REAR OF THE TRUCK, ASSUMED A SQUATTING POSITION, AND B EGAN WRITING MORE LOAD TICKETS. THE DRIVER DID NOT SEE EMPLOYEE #1 TO HIS REAR, SO HE BEGAN BACKING UP HIS TRUCK. THE TRUCK HAD NO BACK-UP ALARM. WHEN THE TRUCK WAS 3 TO 5 FEET AWAY FROM EMPLOYEE #1, HE LOOKED OVER HIS SHOULDER AND SAW THE TRUCK COMING TOWARD HIM. HE ATTEMPTED TO JUMP OUT OF THE WAY, BUT WAS CAUGHT UND ER THE WHEEL AND CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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