OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14544894
GRAVES WELL DRILLING CO., INC.
ADGER, AL·
Event description
Employee killed when run over by tandem truck
Investigation abstract
At approximately 12:25 p.m. on September 24, 1988, Employee #1 was to assist in the moving of a water tanker used on a well drilling site. The tanker was to be moved by a tandem truck. When the driver backed the truck into position, he real ized he was not in line with the tanker. He then shifted the transmission from r everse to forward. Employee #1 stepped in between the truck cab and the tandem w heel on the driver's side and was run over from head to foot. Employee #1 was ki lled.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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