OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170052708
DUMP TRUCK,STRUCK BY
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY BACKING DUMP TRUCK
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was operating a "street broom" sweeping up loose rock material known as chip. Employee #1 pulled the sweeper to the side of the road, stepped off th e sweeper, walked around a parked roller and into the path of the backing dump t ruck. Employee #1 was struck by the dump truck and the rear wheel rolled over th e victim. Employee #1 suffered severe trauma to the right leg, head and upper bo dy and died at the scene of the accident.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 594
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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