OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #692780
CHOCK,REPAIR,WORK RULES,MECHANIC,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,DUMP TRUCK,UNMANNED,RUN OVER,SLOPE
Event description
Employee killed by rolling dump truck
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a company mechanic, was called to assist the driver of a Ford dump truck that had been backed up to a fill site when its drive shaft broke. When Em ployee #1 arrived he crawled under the truck, which was parked on a slight incli ne. The truck rolled forward, crushing his midsection and killing him. Employee #1 had not chocked the dump truck's wheels or turned off the engine.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 2
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