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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #726596

EJECTED,WORK RULES,COLLISION,CRUSHED,TRUCK,UNMANNED,RUN OVER,TRUCK DRIVER

Event
EJECTED,WORK RULES,COLLISION,CRUSHED,TRUCK,UNMANNED,RUN OVER,TRUCK DRIVER
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
726596
Report ID
521700

Event description

Employee killed when run over by own vehicle

Investigation abstract

At a piggyback railroad terminal a spotter-truck being driven by Employee #1 col lided with a Ford 9000 over-the-road semi-trailer truck. Employee #1 was pulling out of a trailer parking area. The semi-trailer was also leaving the facility o n the terminal roadway, but was too far over on the wrong side of the road. Empl oyee #1 was thrown out the cab window and run over by his own vehicle when it wa s somehow thrown into reverse during the collision. He was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 61 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    2
    Source
    30
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1

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