OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221725559

VICTOR A COLUNGA

PECOS, TX— 2024-12-09T00:00:00

Event: Axle, Bulldozer, Caught Between, Delivery Work, Dozer, Driver, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Run Over, Struck By, Stuck, Tire, Trailer, Trailer Truck, Truck, Truck Driver, Wheel
NAICS: 238910
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347927220
Employer profile: VICTOR A COLUNGA
Summary number: 221725559
Report ID: 0627500
Project type: E
Construction end-use: P

Event description

Employee dies from multiple trauma after run over by trailer

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on December 9, 2024, an employee working as a truck driver for a trucking company was delivering caliche for back-fill to a work site. The site was a graded, rolled and compacted well drilling patch site. The truck-trailer became stuck so a coworker operating a bulldozer pushing the vehicle in an attempt to free the truck. When he stepped outside the truck cab, the employee got caught between the trailer belly dump rear axels on the driver side of the truck. The employee died from multiple trauma when he was run over by the trailer rear axles.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 81 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
804

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