OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #840512
FRACTURE,FALL,FLATBED TRUCK,CONCRETE
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM FLATBED TRUCK
Investigation abstract
On March 2, 1990, Employee #1, the company president, was standing on the back o f a flatbed truck. A co-worker had just handed him a concrete form to be stacked on the truck. The co-worker walked away to get another form. When he turned aro und, the co-worker noticed that Employee #1 was not in sight. Employee #1 was fo und laying on the ground between the foundation and earth wall which was adjacen t to the truck. Employee #1 died. The cause of fall was unknown.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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