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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #818252

HEAD,SIGNALMAN,TRUCK,STRUCK BY,RUN OVER,ASPHALT,BACKING UP

Event
HEAD,SIGNALMAN,TRUCK,STRUCK BY,RUN OVER,ASPHALT,BACKING UP
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
818252
Report ID
418800

Event description

EMPLOYEE RUN OVER AND KILLED BY ASPHALT TRUCK

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was walking alongside the right side of a truck signaling to backup to pavement some 100-200 ft away. For unknown reasons, Employee #1 stepped behin d the moving truck, and was struck in the head by the tail gate. He fell under t he wheels of the left side of the truck and was run over by three axles and kill ed before the truck stopped.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 41 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    1
    Source
    29
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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