Hispanic Laborer Run Over and Killed by Backing Dump Truck in Roadway Construction Zone

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• Corporate Authors:
  Nebraska Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Nebraska FACE) ; Nebraska. Department of Labor. Safety & Labor Standards Division
• Description:
  The victim, a 42-year-old Hispanic male concrete finisher, was killed when backed over by a dump truck in a roadway work zone. The victim's employer was contracted to remove old asphalt and concrete from a closed portion of a four-lane highway. The victim and several other employees met in front of the dump truck with a supervisor to discuss their specific job assignments. After receiving their instructions, the victim walked alongside the backing dump truck for a few feet, then moved into the path directly behind it. As the victim was walking away from the truck it struck him, knocking him over and rolling over him. The driver felt a "thump" and immediately stopped the truck. Another employee yelled for the supervisor to call 911. Emergency personnel responded and the victim was declared dead at the scene. The Nebraska Workforce Development, Department of Labor's Investigator concluded that to help prevent future similar occurrences, employers should: 1. Establish a system to ensure the area behind and adjacent to vehicles and equipment is clear to safely operate. 2. Ensure that all employees are wearing appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE). 3. Ensure that equipment warning devices are adequate. 4. Establish & maintain a Safety Committee & an Effective Written Injury Prevention Plan.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Protective Clothing Safety Safety Management Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Construction-equipment Construction-industry Construction-workers Equipment-operators Equipment-reliability Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 7 Personal-protective-equipment Protective-equipment Protective-measures Road-construction Road-surfacing Safety-clothing Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-programs Traumatic-injuries Truck-drivers Warning-devices Warning-signals Warning-signs Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Highway Work Zones ; Hispanic - Construction ; Motor Vehicles ; Motor Vehicles - Dump Truck
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE04NE040
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Nebraska ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20028249
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2006-100403
• 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 04NE040, 2005 Jul ; :1-8
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Performing Organization:
  Nebraska Department of Labor
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1993/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8e3972f785b4ec8d23dd8f81b394ee17b77434c81b16c0b78da0602b41c396c75229638bc4381d9389cc76cb70e3f7f3755d6b2a361ab389c8c1b2ff0e82b77d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/166832/cdc_166832_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 85.12 KB ]