OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #970442
BLOCKS,CONSTRUCTION,SEAT BELT,DUMP TRUCK,LOST CONTROL,SLOPE,BACKING UP,TRUCK DRIVER
Event description
Employee hospitalized after truck rolls down embankment
Investigation abstract
At 7:00 a.m. on June 5, 1989, Employee #1 was hauling and dumping topsoil over t he edge of a road under construction. At 1:00 p.m., Employee #1, with a 60 ton l oad of topsoil, went to the dumping area but backed up too far back to the edge of the road. The truck went over the edge of the road and rolled 60 ft to the bo ttom of the slope. Employee #1 remained in the cab of the truck all the way down and was later hospitalized. Employee #1 was not wearing a seat belt. A berm or stop blocks at the edge of the road or a spotter at the dumping area were not pr ovided.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 49 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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