OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14414858
FRED WEBER INC
OFALLON, MO·
Event description
Employee killed when flatbed struck by truck
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was picking up traffic cones while situated on a 2 1/2 ft square pla tform attached to the back of a flatbed truck that was also towing a portable ex it sign. The driver of another truck apparently misjudged the speed and distance of the flatbed and struck the portable sign trailer, pushing it into the flatbe d. Employee #1 was caught between the sign trailer and flatbed, and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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