OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14568315
CLATSOP COUNTY
SEASIDE, OR—
Event description
Employee killed when run over by backing dump truck
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and coworkers were oiling and rocking a roadway when they were told stopped in response to the coworkers' shouts. Employee #1's abdominal area was s everely crushed and he was transported to the hospital, where he died. The truck was not equipped with a back-up alarm and the driver did not adequately check t he area behind his truck or use a guide when reversing. by the foreman to move the equipment off the road and break for lunch. Three dum p trucks were lined up on the north shoulder of the road. The rear truck, a GMC, model 7000, began backing down the road to pull off at a wide spot. Unaware tha t the truck was approaching and unnoticed by the truck driver, Employee #1 was w alking in the same direction and in the path of the reversing truck. Two coworke rs walking 15 feet ahead of him on the opposite side of the road turned and saw the backing truck about 5 feet from Employee #1. They shouted warnings but Emplo yee #1 was run over by the dual rear wheels on the single-axle truck. The truck
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 61 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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