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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170246581

UNTRAINED,BACKING UP,DUMP TRUCK,STRUCK BY,WORK RULES,INEXPERIENCE,HIGHWAY,CONSTRUCTION,RUN OVER

Event
UNTRAINED,BACKING UP,DUMP TRUCK,STRUCK BY,WORK RULES,INEXPERIENCE,HIGHWAY,CONSTRUCTION,RUN OVER
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
170246581
Report ID
1055320

Event description

Employee run over and killed by backing dump truck

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 noon on Febuary 2, 1990, Employee #1 was going to relieve a flagger. He was walking alongside the coned-off truck lane when he stepped into the lane an d was struck by a backing 1978 Peterbuilt 3-axle dump truck, company #1348, Wash ington state license #09452 P. Employee #1 suffered massive internal injuries an d was killed. He did not have a valid truck training certificate for flagging.

Victims (3)

  1. #1 Fatality Age 24 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    1
    Source
    30
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #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
  3. #982 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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