OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14380141
PINNED,CONSTRUCTION,DUMP TRUCK,LOST CONTROL,OVERTURN,TRUCK DRIVER
Event description
Truck driver killed when pinned by overturned load
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was driving a DJB Model D25B articulated dump truck, hauling silt fr om a lake bed at a county park recreation lake and golf course to a designated d ump site. He had deposited part of the load of silt/dirt and was returning to th e dredging site when his truck went off the left side of an excavation/dike road . The truck overturned and Employee #1 was trapped beneath the remainder of the load. He was extricated by Life Squad and transported by Air Care helicopter to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. There were no witnesses t o the accident.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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