OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #992958
LIVINGSTON CO HIGHWAY DEPT
SPRINGWATER, NY·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by tractor trailer
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:15 a.m. on September 22, 1988, Employee #1, a road maintenan e front set of tandem wheels of the asphalt truck. After the vehicle stopped, Em ployee #1 was found wedged between the truck's rear dual tires. He was pronounce d dead at the scene. ce worker, was working behind and to the right of a Livingston County #98 10-whe el dump truck as it backed down a road spreading stone on freshly laid oil. He w as assigned to make sure the new stone overlapped previously laid stone on an ad jacent lane. Apparently, the employee stepped sideways into the path of a 1972 1 8-wheel asphalt distribution truck, license plate #SS7899, owned by Midland Asph alt Corporation, Elmer, New York, that was heading forward in the opposite lane. Employee #1 was struck by the left front bumper of the 18-wheeler and thrown to ward the 10-wheel dump truck, landing on the roadway. He was then run over by th
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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