OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #708974
U. S. STEEL CORP. - GENEVA WORKS
PROVO, UT·
Event description
EMPLOYEE RUN OVER BY TRUCK WHICH HAD BEEN STRUCK BY A TRAIN
Investigation abstract
SEVERAL EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING IN AN OUTDOOR STORAGE AREA, LOCATED BETWEEN A BUI HED BACKWARDS. THE TRUCK WAS THEN PUSHED SIDEWAYS APPROXIMATELY 60 FEET BY THE T RAIN, DRAGGING THE EMPLOYEE ALONG UNDERNEATH. HE WAS KILLED. LDING AND A RAILROAD TRACK. THE FORKLIFT THEY WERE USING BECAME STUCK IN THE SNO W. EMPLOYEE #1 BROUGHT A 10 WHEELED TRUCK INTO THE AREA TO PULL THE FORKLIFT FRE E. HE BACKED THE TRUCK UP TO THE FORKLIFT, ATTACHED A WIRE ROPE CHOKER TO BOTH V EHICLES, THEN PULLED THE FORKLIFT OUT OF THE SNOW. HE LEFT THE LEFT FRONT CORNER OF THE TRUCK PROTRUDING OUT OVER THE TRACK. HE THEN APPARENTLY GOT OUT OF THE C AB, WENT TO THE REAR OF THE TRUCK AND REMOVED THE CHOKER. AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE TRUCK WAS STRUCK BY A STRING OF 12 RAIL CARS BEING PUSHED INTO THE TRACK. E MPLOYEE #1 WAS APPARENTLY KNOCKED DOWN AND RUN OVER BY THE TRUCK WHEN IT WAS PUS
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 60 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 38
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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