OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14517478
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,DUMP TRUCK,GUIDE,RUN OVER,COMMUNICATION,INATTENTION,TRUCK DRIVER
Event description
Employee killed when run over by backing dump truck
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was a laborer on a paving operation. He was not paying attention to an oncoming dump truck, whose operator was apparently backing the truck up witho ut any signal from the paver operator. The paver operator, who was watching his load of asphalt and the asphalt being applied behind, was not paying attention t o Employee #1. The dump truck ran over Employee #1, killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 865
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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