OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14433841
BACK-UP ALARM,AGRICULTURE,OBSTRUCTED VIEW,WORK RULES,TRUCK,STRUCK BY,FLATBED TRUCK,BACKING UP
Event description
EMPLOYEE RUN OVER BY BACKING FLATBED TRUCK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SUPERVISING A CREW OF 15 PINEAPPLE HARVESTERS, INCLUDING THE CON VEYOR OPERATOR. HE WAS STRUCK AND RUN OVER BY AN INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER FLEETST AR 2000 FLATBED TRUCK (47,00 GVR), WHICH WAS BACKING DOWN THE ROAD TO PICK UP TH E CREW. THE LEFT REAR DUALS RAN OVER HIM. HE WAS STRUCK AT ABOUT 3:20 PM, AND WA S DECLARED DEAD AT 3:56 PM. THE TRUCK WAS 8 FEET WIDE, BACKING DOWN AN 11 FOOT W IDE ROAD. IT WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A BACK-UP ALARM. THE DRIVER SAID THAT HE WAS USING THE OUTSIDE REAR VIEW MIRRORS TO NAVIGATE DOWN THE ROAD. HE COULD NOT SEE DIRECTLY BEHIND HIM. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT THE DOLE PACKAGED FOOD COMPANY, WA HIAWA, HAWAII.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 477
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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