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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14391114

HAFCO, INC.

Event
WORK RULES, BACKING UP, INATTENTION, CONSTRUCTION, TRUCK, RUN OVER
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#101637429
Employer profile
HAFCO, INC.
Summary number
14391114
Report ID
625700

Event description

Employee killed when run over by backing truck

Investigation abstract

At approximately 10:00 a.m. on March 31, 1987, Employee #1 was apparently stoope d over a small puddle of water in a concrete slab, cooling a piece of channel ir on that he had just cut with a torch. He was positioned in a direct path to the loading area. A truck that was backing up to the chute area to load grit rolled over him. Employee #1 was killed.

Victims (2)

  1. #1 Fatality Age 40 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    14
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #981 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

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