OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #732529
LITTLEFIELD CONSTRUCTION CO.
DAUFUSKIE ISLAND, SC·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY TRUCK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING ON A ROAD CONSTRUCTION JOB. HE WAS WALKING BEHIND A FORD DUMPTRUCK AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE TRUCK, WHICH WAS LOADED WITH GRAVEL FOR USE IN A SPREADER, WAS BACKING UP. THE TRUCK'S BACK-UP ALARM WAS NOT OPERATI ONAL. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRUCK AND RUN OVER BY THE DUMP TRUCK. THE EMPLOYEE WAS FA TALLY INJURED, AS BOTH LEGS WERE CUT OFF.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 594
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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