OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #693564
PERRY R. SISSON, INC.
FREDERICKSBURG, VA·
Event description
Employee killed when run over by dump truck
Investigation abstract
At 9:00 a.m. on June 12, 1987, Employee #1 was backing a dump truck uphill when the engine stalled. The dump truck rolled down the hill and Employee #1 either j umped or was thrown out and fell under the rear wheels. His chest and head were crushed and he was killed. The brakes on the DJB D250 25 ton off-road truck did not work.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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