OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14520993
GRANITE CITY DIV. NATIONAL STEEL CORPORATION
GRANITE CITY, IL·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by truck
Investigation abstract
Two employees were walking through a very muddy area. They had left the railroad crew and were headed to the break area. Employee #1 began to walk in vehicle tr acks where the ground was less muddy; this area is a load out area where heavy e arth moving equipment normally works. The equipment has restricted operator's vi sibility; the operators cannot see an average height individual when he/she is c loser than 16 feet from the truck on the blind sides. A Terex truck, waiting to clear, was on the same roadway as Employee #1. The truck, unaware of Employee #1 's presence, drove over the employee and killed him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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