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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #976209

INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS

Event
WHEEL, TRUCK, DUMP TRUCK, STRUCK BY, RUN OVER
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#104030721
Employer profile
INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Summary number
976209
Report ID
551800

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY DUMP TRUCK

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 1 PM ON NOVEMBER 2, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1, A WORKER FOR THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, WAS STRUCK BY THE LEFT SIDE OF A SMALL DUMP TRUCK AND P OSSIBLY RUN OVER BY 3 WHEELS OF A LOWBOY. THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSPORTED TO METHOD IST HOSPITAL, WHERE HE DIED THE NEXT DAY.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 29 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    1
    Source
    29
    Occupation code
    805
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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