OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #762617
ROCK,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,TRUCK,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,TRUCK DRIVER
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by falling rock
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a truck driver, had parked his truck below a 200 ft rock cliff whil e a shovel was placing rock in the truck. A large rock near the top of the wall broke off and fell, striking the top of the cab of the truck. Employee #1 was cr ushed and killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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