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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #694570

HEAD,ROCK,UNSECURED,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT

Event
HEAD,ROCK,UNSECURED,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
694570
Report ID
355118

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

  1. #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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