OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14525851
OTAMOT, INC.
NAPLES, FL—
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL UNDER TRUCK WHEELS; RUN OVER AND KILLED
Investigation abstract
AT ABOUT 9:30 AM ON JANUARY 28, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER LABORER WERE RIDIN AREA TO ANOTHER. G ON THE RIGHT RUNNING BOARD OF A FLAT BED TRUCK. THE TRUCK WAS MOVING ABOUT 5 M PH ON A FARM ROAD AND WAS TRAVELLING WITHIN 2 FEET OF A 4 FOOT HIGH DIRT BERM. A SUDDEN BURST OF WIND BLEW EMPLOYEE #1'S HAT OFF. WHEN HE TRIED TO RETRIEVE IT H E EITHER FELL, OR JUMPED, FROM THE RUNNING BOARD. HE LANDED ABOUT HALF WAY UP TH E SLOPED BERM, THEN ROLLED UNDER THE RIGHT REAR DOUBLE WHEELS OF THE MOVING TRUC K. HE DIED SEVERAL HOURS LATER IN A HOSPITAL. THE 2 WORKERS WERE STANDING ON A R UNNING BOARD THAT WAS 39 INCHES LONG AND 9 INCHES WIDE. THEY WERE ENGAGED IN A T OMATO PLANTING OPERATION, AND WERE TRANSPORTING TOMATO PLANTS FROM ONE PLANTING
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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