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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221389828

TODD A GOSNELL PAVING CONTRACTOR, INCORPORATED

Event
Crushed, Dump Truck, Pinned, Pneumatic system, Trailer, Tree
NAICS
324121
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345522445
Employer profile
TODD A GOSNELL PAVING CONTRACTOR, INCORPORATED
Summary number
221389828
Report ID
0316700
Project type
C
Construction end-use
I

Event description

Truck driver is killed when crushed between dump truck and t

Investigation abstract

At 7:30 a.m. on September 8, 2021, Employee #1, a truck driver, was releasing the trailer pneumatic brakes in order to build up air pressure to raise the trailer ramps. Employee #1 may have inadvertently released both the trailer and dump truck brakes while standing on the side driver's step and leaning into the cab of the dump truck. The dump truck began rolling down the steep downgrade it was parked on and pinned Employee #1 between the dump truck and a tree. The employee was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 63 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    869

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