OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14550800
EMBANKMENT,TRAFFIC ACCIDENT,TRUCK,SLOPE,BACKING UP,TRUCK DRIVER
Event description
Employee killed after backing off elevated roadway
Investigation abstract
At approximately 9:00 p.m. on March 31, 1987, Employee #1 was backing a concrete delivery truck down an access road to a concrete pumper truck when he turned to go around a corner and backed off the road. The access road had an average widt h of 20 ft and dropped off approximately 70 ft into the tailrace area of the new powerhouse. Employee #1 died of severe internal injuries.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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