OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #765370
BACK-UP ALARM,WHEEL,CRUSHED,TRUCK,DUMP TRUCK,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION,TRUCK DRIVER
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN RUN OVER BY BACKING TRASH TRUCK
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 2:45 PM ON OCTOBER 4, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1, A HELPER ON A TRASH TR UCK, WAS HELPING UNLOAD A LOAD OF TRASH AT THE BKK LANDFILL IN WEST COVINA, CALI FORNIA. HE UNLOCKED THE BACK OF THE TRASH TRUCK AND PREPARED TO DUMP THE LOAD OF HOUSEHOLD TRASH. ANOTHER TRASH TRUCK (AN 18 WHEELER WITH A 40 FOOT OPEN-BED TRA ILER) BEGAN TO BACK UP TOWARD HIS TRUCK. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS RUN OVER AND KILLED BY THE LEFT REAR WHEELS OF THE 40 FOOT TRAILER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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