OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #998955

BACK-UP ALARM,CRUSHED,TRUCK,DUMP TRUCK,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION

1987-08-05T08:10:00

Event: BACK-UP ALARM,CRUSHED,TRUCK,DUMP TRUCK,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 998955
Report ID: 552700

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN RUN OVER BY BACKING DUMP TRUCK

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 8:10 AM ON AUGUST 5, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPENING THE GATE ON HIS SEMI/DUMP TRUCK (KENWORTH, TRACTOR #207, TRAILER #26) WHEN ANOTHER DUMP TRUC K (FORD DUMP TRUCK #86) ARRIVED. FOR SOME REASON EMPLOYEE #1 WALKED BEHIND THE O THER DUMP TRUCK JUST AS IT BEGAN TO BACK UP. THE DRIVER OF THE FORD TRUCK DID NO T SEE EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS RUN OVER AND KILLED.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 59 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
14

Source
29

Occupation code
804

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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