OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #705442
BUREAU OF WATER & WASTEWATER PARK TERMINAL
BALTIMORE, MD·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by backing dump truck
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:30 p.m. on February 1, 1988, Employee #1, a laborer, was one of two spotters required to help a labor crew leader return a dump truck to a ga rage area. While backing up the vehicle, the labor crew leader ran over Employee #1 with the right front tire of his truck. He died of severe neck and chest inj uries.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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