OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221713084

CAPITAL ASPHALT, INC.

TALLAHASSEE, FL— 2024-10-22T00:00:00

Event: Asphalt, Caught By, Construction, Construction vehicle, Crushed, Dump Truck, Engineering Controls, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Foot, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Milling Machine, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Painting, Pavement, Pinned, Road Paving, Supervisor, Tire, Trapped, Truck Driver, Unsafe Position, Wheel
NAICS: 324122
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347842528
Employer profile: CAPITAL ASPHALT, INC.
Summary number: 221713084
Report ID: 0419700
Project type: E
Construction end-use: I

Event description

Employee dies when crushed under dump truck tire during fall

Investigation abstract

At 8:15 p.m. on October 22, 2024, an employee working as a paving foreman for an asphalt contractor walked inside a designated work zone. The employee was beside the passenger-side of a dump truck which was being used to spray paint orange markings on a roadway. These markings were going to be used by a coworker operating a milling machine as a path to follow during milling operations. The employee walked in front of the dump truck while it was moving forward at or near engine idle speed. The employee caught his foot under the dump truck's front right tire causing him to fall to the ground and be crushed by the tire. The employee died from multiple crush injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 31 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
7010

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