OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14496111
BACK-UP ALARM,WHEEL,OBSTRUCTED REAR VIEW,DIESEL TRUCK,CRUSHED,TRACTOR TRAILER,GUIDE,RUN OVER,BACKING UP
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND RUN OVER BY TRUCK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WALKED BEHIND A 1975 FREIGHTLINER DIESEL TRACTOR, V.I.N. #CA213HL146 582, AS IT WAS BACKING OUT OF A MAINTENANCE STALL. THE RIGHT REAR WHEELS OF THE TRACTOR STRUCK HIM, KNOCKED HIM DOWN AND RAN OVER HIM. HE WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH. THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK COULD NOT SEE DIRECTLY BEHIND THE TRACTOR. THERE WAS NO ONE DIRECTING HIM. EMPLOYEE #1 DID NOT HEAR THE RUSH OF AIR AS THE BRAKES WERE R ELEASED ON THE TRACTOR, WHICH WOULD HAVE WARNED HIM TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 66 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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