OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14346233
CLEARANCE,SIGNALMAN,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,DUMP TRUCK,STRUCK BY,BACKING UP,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee killed when struck by backing dump truck
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was acting as a signalman for the operator of a dump truck that was backing at a speed of less than 5 mph. While walking behind the truck's right re ar corner, he apparently misjudged the distance to the truck and stepped to his right, under the truck's rear tandem wheels. Employee #1 was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 2
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