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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #888495

WORK RULES,TRUCK,STRUCK BY,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION

Event
WORK RULES,TRUCK,STRUCK BY,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
888495
Report ID
352440

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

  1. #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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