OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #766188
PITTS BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION
SAN CLEMENTE, CA·
Event description
Employee dies when he jumps from moving vehicle
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, the driver of a truck, and a coworker, a passenger, were transporti ng a tank truck full of water down a hill. When Employee #1 tried to slow the tr uck down, the truck's brakes, emergency brakes, and downshifting mechanism faile d. The two employees jumped from the moving truck. Employee #1 died of a head in jury he sustained when his head struck the pavement. The coworker sustained mino r injuries.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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