OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #813642
C C P PINKERTON, INC.
BAYPORT, MN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN HIT BY PICKUP TRUCK OUTSIDE GUARD SHACK
Investigation abstract
A plant yard attendant was driving a half-ton pickup truck in search of a flyash spill in a duct system. As the yard attendant passed the guard shack, he notice d that the guard was not in the shack. As the attendant turned north, away from the shack, he struck the guard, who was standing in the driveway immediately in front of him, and knocked him to the ground. The guard sustained massive trauma to the chest cavity and blood clots in the brain. He died at about 5:00 a.m. the next day. The truck had been traveling at less than 5 mph. (The guard was struc k and knocked down, but not run over.)
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 16
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 426
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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