OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14457055

UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WENDOVER, UT— 1984-10-02T00:00:00

Event: HIGHWAY, VEHICLE, WORK RULES, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, TRUCK, FALL, BACKING UP, UNSTABLE POSITION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #15182082
Employer profile: UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Summary number: 14457055
Report ID: 854910

Event description

Employee killed in fall from moving van

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working from a moving van, picking up 36 in. high traffic marker cones from a construction site on an interstate highway. A coworker was driving the Chevrolet van, license plate #EX68263, in reverse, using rearview mirrors t o see the construction site and the cones. Employee #1, a prison inmate employed under cooperative agreement by the Utah DOT, fell from the moving vehicle and w as killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 48 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
4

Event type
5

Source
29

Occupation code
69

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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