OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14447924
GARBAGE TRUCK,HEAD,SIGNALMAN,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,BACKING UP
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling sign
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:40 p.m. on February 20, 1989, a garbage truck owned by Bauer Disposal Service, of Faribault, MN, was about to back into a parking lot from th e street. Employee #1 dismounted the truck to signal the driver backing the truc k. Apparently Employee #1 saw that the truck was about to hit a telephone-type s ign pole. He yelled, waved his arms, and ran to the back of the truck at the dri ver's side. The truck hit the pole, causing the pole and sign to fall. Employee #1 ran to escape the falling sign but was struck on the head. He was transported to District One Hospital, where he died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 875
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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