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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14490791

WOMANS WORK PAINTING & DECORATING SPECIALIST

Event
CONSTRUCTION, DUMP TRUCK, STRUCK BY, RUN OVER, BACKING UP, INATTENTION
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#102649936
Employer profile
WOMANS WORK PAINTING & DECORATING SPECIALIST
Summary number
14490791
Report ID
215800

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

  1. #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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