OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14516397

EJECTED,TRAFFIC ACCIDENT,WORK RULES,RIDING ON EQUIPMENT,TRUCK,FALL,UNSTABLE POSITION

1987-02-27T00:00:00

Event: EJECTED,TRAFFIC ACCIDENT,WORK RULES,RIDING ON EQUIPMENT,TRUCK,FALL,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14516397
Report ID: 420600

Event description

Employee killed when thrown from vehicle

Investigation abstract

At approximately 11:30 a.m. on February 27, 1987, Employee #1 was riding in a st ep-van delivery truck being driven by a coworker. The vehicle had a seat for the driver only, so Employee #1 was standing in the open doorway on the right side of the vehicle. The vehicle was traveling at approximately 40 miles per hour on a 4-lane undivided road when the driver allegedly hit the brakes to avoid striki ng a vehicle that had stopped in front of him. Employee #1 was thrown through th e open door of the vehicle and suffered multiple injuries. He was taken to a hos pital, where he died.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 24 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
4

Source
29

Occupation code
999

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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