OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #762948
WHEEL,SHOULDER,CONSTRUCTION,DUMP TRUCK,STRUCK BY,BACKING UP
Event description
Employee killed when struck by moving dump truck
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 walked behind a 1973 International dump truck, model #R43, to retrie ve a piece of paper lying on the road. The truck driver moved the truck backward with the back-up alarm sounding, but without seeing Employee #1. The truck bed struck Employee #1 on her shoulder and knocked her to the ground. The wheel of t he truck rolled onto Employee #1, killing her.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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