OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #801803
GILCRIST CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
COLUMBIA, SC·
Event description
Employee killed when run over by reversing dump truck
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 had just finished backing down a 700 ft run of asphalt and was walki ng back to a paving machine that had backed up to begin another identical run on the next lane. A dump truck loaded with asphalt was backing up to the paving ma chine and the driver did not see the employee in his mirrors. The truck ran over Employee #1, crushing him to death. There was no spotter to guide the dump truc k as it reversed or to prevent any employees from getting behind the truck. The dump truck's back-up alarm was inoperable at the time of the accident.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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