OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14511802
BACK-UP ALARM,OBSTRUCTED VIEW,CONSTRUCTION,DUMP TRUCK,STRUCK BY,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION,ROAD PAVING
Event description
EMPLOYEE RUN OVER BY BACKING DUMP TRUCK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TRYING TO KEEP CARS FROM GOING ACROSS THE INTERSECTION OF A ROAD INTO HOT OIL. AFTER A CHIP SPREADER PASSED EMPLOYEE #1, HE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE PAPER FROM A MANHOLE. AT THE SAME TIME, A DUMP TRUCK WAS BACKING TOWARD THE CHI P SPREADER. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD HIS BACK TO THE DUMP TRUCK. THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK DID NOT SEE EMPLOYEE #1 AND BACKED OVER HIM, KILLING HIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 594
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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