OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14443717
BACK-UP ALARM,DUMP TRUCK,RUN OVER,ROAD PAVING
Event description
STRUCK AND RUN OVER BY DUMP TRUCK
Investigation abstract
ON OCTOBER 3,1984 AT APPROXIMATELY 8:20 AM.,ALL THE EMPLOYEES AT THE PAVING OPER ATION WERE RETURNING TO WHERE THEY HAD LEFT OFF ASPHALT PAVING ON ROADWAY 'B' OF I-264. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WALKING BEHIND THE OTHERS AND IN THE UNPAVED LANE. HE WA S STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY AN I.H. DUMP TRUCK # 292. THE BACK WHEELS RAN OVER HIS B ODY BEFORE IT COULD BE STOPPED. THE TRUCK'S BACK-UP ALARM WAS NOT IN OPERATING C ONDITION AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 594
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 16
- Task assigned
- 2
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