Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14470041

A.W.K. CONSULTING ENGINEERS

Event
BACK-UP ALARM, HEAD, SHOULDER, WORK RULES, BACKING UP, TRUCK, NECK, STRUCK BY, RUN OVER
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#17700873
Employer profile
A.W.K. CONSULTING ENGINEERS
Summary number
14470041
Report ID
317500

Event description

Employee killed when run over by backing truck

Investigation abstract

A truck that was backing up struck Employee #1, running over his head , neck, an d shoulder, and dragging him about 30 feet. He was killed. The truck's backup al arm was not working. The truck and driver were from a different company than Emp loyee #1.

Victims (2)

  1. #1 Fatality Age 36 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    1
    Source
    29
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    2
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #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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