OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14304356
HERNDON & HERNDON INC
HOMER, AK—
Event description
Surveyor injured when run over by backing truck
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a surveyor, along with another surveyor and an inspector, were insp ecting a survey stake. They were not watching the ten- to twelve-yard dump truck s that were being loaded with fill nearby. A Mack truck that was backing up with out back-up alarms or the aid of a traffic coordinator struck Employee #1, knock ing him to the ground and running over his legs. He was hospitalized with fractu res of his right foot, one broken bone in his left foot, and a strained knee.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 63
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8111
- Task assigned
- 1
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