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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14526727

WORK RULES,CLEANING,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,DUMP TRUCK,RUN OVER,BACKING UP

Event
WORK RULES,CLEANING,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,DUMP TRUCK,RUN OVER,BACKING UP
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14526727
Report ID
418800

Event description

Employee killed by backing dump truck

Investigation abstract

At approximately 7:30 a.m. on October 23, 1985, Employee #1 was cleaning up debr is in an area behind a stationary dump truck. The truck backed up, and he was cr ushed and killed. Employee #1.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 35 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    1
    Source
    29
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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