OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #676197
NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS COMPANY
SALEM, OR·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by backing truck
Investigation abstract
A five-man pipeline installation crew was backfilling a trench where they had co mething. He drove forward a few feet, stopped, and walked to the back of the tru ck, where he found Employee #1 crushed against the pavement. The company's emerg ency medical procedure was immediately implemented by both radio and phone. Medi cs arrived at the scene at 2:37 p.m. They determined that Employee #1 died insta ntly. mpleted installing a new natural gas pipeline. At approximately 2:30 p.m., a com pany-owned 10 yard dump truck discharged about 5 yards of its crushed rock load. The driver moved the truck forward from the dump site into the barricaded eastb ound lane and stopped. At the direction of Employee #1, the driver backed the tr uck westward while watching Employee #1 in his left rear view mirror. As the tru ck neared an intersection, the driver looked in the right rear view mirror to as sure clearance to the intended dump area. When he looked back into his left mirr or, he did not see Employee #1 and felt the truck's left rear duals roll over so
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 54 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- MULTIPLE (19)
- Accident type
- OTHER (14)
- Source of injury
- MOTOR VEHICLE (HWY) (29)
- Occupation
- Construction trades, n.e.c. (599)
- Human factor
- PERCEPTION MALFUNC,TASK-ENVIR. (8)
- Environmental factor
- SQUEEZE POINT ACTION (4)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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