OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14486823

SIGNALMAN,CONSTRUCTION,DUMP TRUCK,RUN OVER,BACKING UP

1988-10-12T00:00:00

Event: SIGNALMAN,CONSTRUCTION,DUMP TRUCK,RUN OVER,BACKING UP
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14486823
Report ID: 215600

Event description

Employee killed when run over by backing dump truck

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was signaling a backing up dump truck when the truck operator lost s ight of him. The truck backed up and ran over Employee #1, killing him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 50 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
1

Source
29

Occupation code
999

Human factor
18

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
1

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