OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14490791
CONSTRUCTION,DUMP TRUCK,STRUCK BY,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee killed when run over by backing dump truck
Investigation abstract
At approximately 11:20 a.m. on October 1, 1988, Employee #1 was crossing a roadw ay when he was struck and run over by a dump truck that was backing up. Employee #1 was killed. The dump truck was driven by an independent contractor. Eyewitne sses and a post-accident inspection of the vehicle determined that the back-up s ignal alarm was functioning.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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