Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14517478

G.P. TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.

Event
WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, DUMP TRUCK, GUIDE, RUN OVER, COMMUNICATION, INATTENTION, TRUCK DRIVER
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#1207075
Employer profile
G.P. TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
Summary number
14517478
Report ID
419700

Event description

Employee killed when run over by backing dump truck

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was a laborer on a paving operation. He was not paying attention to an oncoming dump truck, whose operator was apparently backing the truck up witho ut any signal from the paver operator. The paver operator, who was watching his load of asphalt and the asphalt being applied behind, was not paying attention t o Employee #1. The dump truck ran over Employee #1, killing him.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 22 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    1
    Event type
    2
    Source
    29
    Occupation code
    865
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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