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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14437719

TRUCK,FALL,STRUCK BY,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION

Event
TRUCK,FALL,STRUCK BY,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14437719
Report ID
1032500

Event description

Employee killed when run over by backing truck

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working in a scale house. After weighing a truck, she left the s cale house office and walked toward the north end of the house to look across th e street to see if her son was home. At the same time, the truck she had just we ighed was backing slowly off the scales toward the north. The truck either struc k Employee #1, then ran over her, or the employee fell, and was then run over.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 55 F

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    1
    Source
    29
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    2

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