OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14421382

LARRY SVATARA CONST. CO.

OMAHA, NE· 1988-07-05T00:00:00

Event: WHEEL, DERRICK TRUCK, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, RUN OVER, TREE TRIMMING
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #100884758
Employer profile: LARRY SVATARA CONST. CO.
Summary number: 14421382
Report ID: 728900

Event description

Employee killed when crushed under truck wheels

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working behind a derrick boom truck, piling up branches that had been removed from a tree that had been cut down. The truck rolled backward and ran over Employee #1, crushing him under the right rear wheels and killing him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 38 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
30

Occupation code
999

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
1

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