OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14489181
GUARDSMARK, INC
NEW YORK, NY·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by panel truck
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 23, 1988, Employee #1, a security guard, was attempting to record the license number of a panel body truck that wa s entering the terminal. He walked between a door frame and a vehicle that was p arked in the 18 ft wide overhead doorway. The vehicle was waiting to exit the bu ilding after permitting a van to enter the facility through the same door. The d river of the panel body truck traveled forward after the manager signaled him to do so. Employee #1 was struck by the side of the truck, sustaining fractured ri bs. He subsequently died in the hospital.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 71 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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