OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #852434
SUNDANCE LANDSCAPES, INC.
MENTOR, OH·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED; FELL OFF TRAILER AND RUN OVER
Investigation abstract
A 1 TON DUMP TRUCK WAS PULLING A FLAT BED TRIAXLE TRAILER THAT WAS LOADED WITH S EVERAL LAYERS OF STRAW BALES. THE TRUCK WAS TRAVELLING IN A SOUTHEAST DIRECTION ON A CONSTRUCTION SITE AT A NEW SUBLOT. TWO EMPLOYEES WERE RIDING IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK. EMPLOYEE #1 LEFT THE BED OF THE TRUCK TO RIDE ON THE RIGHT FRONT OF T HE TRAILER. IN TRANSFERRING FROM THE TRUCK BED TO THE TRAILER HE FELL BETWEEN TH E TWO AND WAS RUN OVER AND KILLED BY THE RIGHT SIDE TRAILER TIRES.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- 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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