OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #694471
BURN,CHOCK,FRACTURE,CRUSHED,TRUCK,DUMP TRUCK,HOT ASPHALT
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN ASPHALT SPREADER AND TRUCK
Investigation abstract
A DUMP TRUCK HAD UNLOADED APPROXIMATELY 2 TONS OF FRESH ASPHALT INTO A POWER BOX 450 ASPHALT SPREADER. THE TRUCK WAS MOVED ABOUT 15 FEET UP AN APPROXIMATELY 20 DEGREE INCLINED DRIVEWAY AND LEFT IN FIRST GEAR WITH THE REAR WHEELS CHOCKED. EM PLOYEE # 1 POSITIONED HIMSELF BETWEEN THE TRUCK AND THE SPREADER, WHICH WAS A NO RMAL WORKING AREA. THE DUMP TRUCK, WITH APPROXIMATELY 9 TONS LEFTOVER MATERIAL, ROLLED OVER THE WHEEL CHOCKS AND CRUSHED EMPLOYEE #1 BETWEEN THE SPREADER AND TH E TRUCK. HE DIED OF FRACTURES AND BURNS.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 594
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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