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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14388136

OBSTRUCTED VIEW,OBSTRUCTED REAR VIEW,DUMP TRUCK,STRUCK BY,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION

Event
OBSTRUCTED VIEW,OBSTRUCTED REAR VIEW,DUMP TRUCK,STRUCK BY,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14388136
Report ID
524700

Event description

Employee killed when run over by backing dump truck

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was walking out of the batch house office of a ready mix concrete pl ant to go to his concrete truck at the same time that a 5-ton dump truck was bac king up to the loading station for a load of stone. Employee #1 was in the obstr ucted view area behind the backing dump truck and was looking away to check onco ming street traffic. Employee #1 was struck by the dump truck, knocked to the gr ound, run over and killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 48 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    1
    Event type
    1
    Source
    29
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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