A Day Laborer Dies when He is Pinned Between a Loading Dock and a Backing Truck

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• Personal Author:
  Cierpich, Hank ; Harrison, Robert ; Styles, Laura
• Corporate Authors:
  California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE) ; California. Department of Public Health. Occupational Health Branch
• Description:
  A day laborer died when he was pinned between a loading dock and a backing truck. The victim was hired while standing in front of a home and garden store. His job was to load and unload trucks at a warehouse. He was attempting to climb up on a loading dock as a truck was backing up and was pinned between the two. The truck had rear-view mirrors on both sides of the truck as well as a working audible back-up alarm. The driver did not see the victim because he was in the truck's blind spot. The contributing factor identified in this investigation was a worker in the backing zone of a truck with a blind spot. The CA/FACE investigator determined that in order to prevent future incidents, employers with loading docks should: 1. Ensure that administrative procedures or engineering devices are in place to assist drivers of backing trucks. In addition, employers who hire day laborers should: 1. Ensure they receive safety training and are competent in the work they are hired to perform.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Automobiles Engineering Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Employee-exposure Engineering-controls Injuries Injury-prevention Motor-vehicles OSHA Region 9 Safety-education Safety-engineering Safety-practices Training Traumatic-injuries Warehousing

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Hispanic ; Motor Vehicles ; Foreign Born Workers
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE12CA009
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20044097
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2014-105927
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 12CA009, 2013 Oct ; :1-6
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  California Department of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  42 - Wholesale Trade - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  2005/07/01
• End Date:
  2026/06/30
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e1405ddafe2aa8b4ef0f6c5669b9a36c0cc88a6344099febc06399acf640aba902e170f06fb73c12b6fa5ffaa5d4d277a5643216aee3bb93f811848328b83e69
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/165150/cdc_165150_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 269.99 KB ]