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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #692517

LIVERMAN, INC.

Event
BACK-UP ALARM, SIGNALMAN, WAREHOUSE, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, TRUCK, DUMP TRUCK, STRUCK BY, BACKING UP
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#18749572
Employer profile
LIVERMAN, INC.
Summary number
692517
Report ID
355112

Event description

EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND CRUSHED BY BACKING DUMP TRUCK

Investigation abstract

ON FEBRUARY 13, 1987, AT APPROXIMATELY 2 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WALKED INTO THE FINISHE D SECTION OF A WAREHOUSE WHERE FERTILIZER WAS BEING STORED. HE WAS STRUCK AND BA CKED OVER BY TRUCK #10, A 1986 FORD DUMP TRUCK, WHICH DID NOT HAVE A BACK-UP ALA RM. THERE WAS NO SIGNALMAN PRESENT. THE WAREHOUSE IS LOCATED AT 110 PRATT STREET , CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 37 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    1
    Source
    28
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    16
    Task assigned
    1

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