OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #999458
BLADHOLM BROTHERS CULVERT CO., INC.
MAPLE GROVE, MN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN RUN OVER BY CONCRETE TRUCK
Investigation abstract
ON OCTOBER 30, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1, A SIDE VIBRATOR OPERATOR ON A 110 FOOT BRIDGE FORM, STEPPED BACKWARD INTO THE PATH OF A CONCRETE DELIVERY AND DISTRIBUTION TRU CK AS IT WAS BACKING INTO POSITION. THE CEMENT TRUCK HAD NO BACK-UP ALARM NOR WA S A GUIDE UTILIZED. IT WAS VERY NOISY AT THE WORKSITE (APPOXIMATELY 112 DBA) AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING HEARING PROTECTION PLUGS IN HIS EARS. HE WAS STRUCK AN D RUN OVER BY THE RIGHT REAR DUALS. HE SUFFERED INJURIES TO HIS ARMS AND LEGS AN D A FATAL HEAD INJURY. THE TRUCK OPERATOR WAS RELATIVELY INEXPERIENCED (A "FILL- IN" DRIVER). EMPLOYEE #1 WAS A RECENT HIRE WITH UNDER TWO HOURS EXPERIENCE AT HI S ASSIGNED TASK.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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