OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221538226
GRABER & GRABER CONTRACTORS, INC.
FORT WAYNE, IN—
Event description
Employee is killed when struck by dump truck
Investigation abstract
At 11:38 a.m. on February 13, 2023, an employee, a project manager, talked to the service mechanic near the excavator and dump truck. The dump truck driver was reversing toward the site's southwest corner to dump the dirt into a pile to be used as a backfill. The project manager was on his phone while walking behind the dump truck, when the passenger side struck him. The project manager was crushed, which resulted in a fatality. The project manager was on his cell phone prior to the incident.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 54 M
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 843
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