OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14363980
CHERNE CONTRACTING CORPORATION
ROSEMOUNT, MN·
Event description
Employee later dies after falling from moving motor vehicle
Investigation abstract
At approximately 1:00 a.m. on March 26, 1988, Employee #1 was standing, riding o n the back bumper of a motor vehicle during transport. The motor vehicle was dri ven upgrade, made a quick left, and then a right downgrade, causing the employee to lose his balance and fall to the pavement. Employee #1 suffered multiple inj uries to the head, body, arm(s), and leg(s) for which he was hospitalized. He la ter died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 3 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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