OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14346647
FLORIDA ROCK INDUSTRIES INC.
TAMPA, FL·
Event description
STRUCK AND RUN OVER BY LARGE TRUCK
Investigation abstract
ON JANUARY 24, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WALKING, CARRYING A CUP OF COFFEE, INTO THE COMPANY TRUCK YARD. HE STEPPED IN FRONT OF A LARGE CONCRETE BLOCK TRUCK AND WAS STRUCK IN THE BACK (RIGHT SIDE) AND KNOCKED DOWN. HE WAS RUN OVER BY THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL OF THE REAR TANDEM. THE TRUCK DRIVER HAD JUST BEGUN TO MOVE AWAY FRO M THE GAS PUMP AND WAS UNABLE TO SEE EMPLOYEE #1. A WITNESS YELLED FOR THE DRIVE R TO STOP AND THEN, WITH THE HELP OF ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, REMOVED EMPLOYEE #1 FROM UNDER THE TRUCK. AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SQUAD ARRIVED WITHIN A FEW MINUTES AND TRA NSPORTED EMPLOYEE #1 TO THE HOSPITAL. HE DIED 3 WEEKS LATER. THE TRUCK DRIVER, W HO WENT INTO A MILD SHOCK, WAS ADMINISTERED A SEDATIVE BY THE DOCTOR.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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