OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14429203
CONSTRUCTION,TRAILER TRUCK,GUIDE,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee killed when run over by backing truck
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, the paving foreman, walked onto the road directly behind the traile r of an asphalt truck that was backing up. He was struck from behind, run over, and killed. The truck was equipped with a working back-up alarm.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 52 M
- Nature of injury
- 9
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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