OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #694570
VAUGHT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
PULASKI, VA·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling boulder
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was standing behind a dump truck that was on an approximately 15 per cent incline at a work site. The bed was down and the truck was not blocked. A l arge approximately half ton boulder was lying in the bed of the truck. The rock slid off the truck, striking Employee #1 in the head and killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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