OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14393581
SUNLAND CONSTRUCTION, INC.
EUNICE, LA·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by backing truck
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a laborer for Sunland Construction Co., Inc., had been told to atta ch a hitch line to a bunkhouse so that it could be unloaded from a truck. As the driver backed the truck up he felt a jolt, stopped, and pulled forward. He then ran to the rear of his truck, where he saw Employee #1 lying on the ground betw een his and another truck. A coworker had proceeded to the back of the other tru ck, where he also saw Employee #1 on the ground. Neither truck had a back-up ala rm. Both were owned by Sunland Enterprises, Eunice, CA.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 2
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#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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