OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14465330
HEMORRHAGE,SECURITY GUARD,BACKING UP,TRUCK,RUN OVER,POOR VISIBILITY
Event description
EMPLOYEE WAS RUN OVER BY VEHICLE BACKING OUT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, A SECURITY GUARD ASSIGNED TO A BEVERAGE DISTRIBUTION CENTER, WAS IN ERNAL INJURIES AND BLEEDING, BUT SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF A RECENT HEART ATTACK. HE ALSO HAD A FALSE RIGHT EYE. THE TRUCK PORT. A DELIVERY DRIVER WARNED EMPLOYEE #1 THAT HE WAS PREPARING TO B ACK HIS TRUCK OUT OF THE PORT. THE DRIVER THEN SPENT ABOUT FIVE MINUTES PREPARIN G FOR DELIVERIES BEFORE BACKING OUT. THE DRIVER CHECKED HIS REARVIEW SIDE MIRROR S AND DID NOT SEE EMPLOYEE #1. THE DRIVER SLOWLY BACKED OUT 10 TO 15 FEET AND FE LT THE TRUCK RUN OVER SOMETHING. HE FOUND EMPLOYEE #1 LYING ON THE PAVEMENT BEHI ND THE TRUCK. EMPLOYEE #1'S EMPLOYER SAID THAT THE VICTIM HAD A HISTORY OF HEART TROUBLE AND HAD "PASSED OUT" SEVERAL MONTHS EARLIER; HE SPECULATED THAT EMPLOYE E #1 MAY HAVE FAINTED. THE AUTOPSY REVEALED EMPLOYEE #1 HAD SUFFERED MASSIVE INT
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 63 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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