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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14519813

WHEEL,BRAKE,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,TRAILER,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION

Event
WHEEL,BRAKE,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,TRAILER,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14519813
Report ID
625700

Event description

RUN OVER BY BACKING TRACTOR TRAILER

Investigation abstract

TWO LABORERS WERE USING A PORTABLE CONVEYOR TO LOAD RICE INTO BARGES. TRUCKS WIT H DUMP BODY LONG TRAILERS WOULD BACK DOWN AN INCLINED ROADWAY AND DUMP RICE ONTO THE CONVEYOR, FROM WHERE IT WOULD BE LOADED ONTO THE BARGES. AS ONE OF THE TRUC KS BACKED INTO POSITION, THE DRIVER NOTICED THE TWO LABORERS ATTEMPTING TO REPOS ITION THE CONVEYOR. THE TRUCK DRIVER PARKED ON THE INCLINE APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET FROM THE CONVEYOR, SET THE TRAILER BRAKES, THEN GOT OUT AND WENT TO ASSIST THE LABORERS. THE TRACTOR-TRAILER ROLLED BACKWARDS TOWARDS THE THREE MEN. EMPLOYEE # 1 WAS STRUCK AND RUN OVER BY THE TRAILER'S REAR WHEELS. HE WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 22 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    1
    Event type
    2
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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