OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #828798
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,DUMP TRUCK,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee killed when run over by backing dump truck
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and two coworkers were realigning traffic cones on a highway off ram p that was under repair but still open to traffic. The wind created by a passing semi-truck blew off the employee's hat and when he turned to get it he stepped directly into the path of a backing dump truck. He was crushed to death.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 594
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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