OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #992883
GARBAGE TRUCK,STRUCK BY,RUN OVER,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee killed when run over by garbage truck
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working with compactor truck #508, collecting refuse. As the tru An inspection the following day found no defects with compactor truck #508. ck driver approached a stop, he observed Employee #1 standing at the pick-up poi nt. The driver then lost sight of the employee in his rearview mirrors. When he stepped down from the truck, intending to help the employee load several boxes o f refuse into the vehicle's rear hopper, the driver found Employee #1 dead under the truck's rear wheels. His death was attributed to trauma, although no cause( s) has been determined. At the time of the accident, the road was dry, the sun w as shining, no curbs or potholes was present, the grade was level throughout, an d only a small amount of little stones were present at the edge of the pavement.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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