OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #888495
RUMMEL KLEPPER & KAUL
MILLERSVILLE, MD·
Event description
Employee killed when run over by truck
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, who was overseeing a paving operation, spoke to a truck driver who had just arrived on the job site with a load of asphalt. The truck driver had re ceived instructions to back up to the other side of the site. He checked his rea r view mirrors and began backing across the site. He had backed approximately 58 3 feet, when he saw Employee #1's body come out from under the front of the truc k. He had suffered multiple injuries and was killed. The truck's back-up alarm, four way flashers, and reverse lights were all operating at the time of the acci dent.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 59
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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