Laborer Killed When a Truck Struck a Backhoe and Pinned the Victim Between the Backhoe and a Dumpster

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• Personal Author:
  Bost, Patrick ; Bresnitz, Eddy A. ; O'Hagan, Emily ; O'Leary, Kathleen ; Schill, Donald P. ; Valiante, David J.
• Corporate Authors:
  New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE) ; New Jersey. Department of Health and Senior Services. Occupational Health Service
• Description:
  On December 15, 2000, the driver of a trash-container truck, returning to the employer's building at the end of his workday, drove the truck onto a service road located between a building and railroad track. Driving around obstacles in the road, the driver steered the truck too close to a passing freight train. The truck was struck by the train and pulled along by a flatbed railroad car. After being dragged by the train, the truck broke free, veered to the right, and struck a parked backhoe. A 32-year-old laborer, who was standing behind the backhoe, was killed when he was pinned and crushed between the backhoe and a dumpster. NJ FACE investigators concluded that, to prevent similar incidents, these safety guidelines should be followed: 1. Employers should conduct a job hazard analysis
  
  policies and training should be written and implemented based upon the findings of the analysis. 2. The employer should limit work in the area around the railroad tracks. 3. Employers should become familiar with available resources on safety standards and safe work practices.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Automobiles Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Railroads Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Injuries Injury-prevention Motor-vehicles Occupational-accidents Occupational-hazards Occupational-safety-programs OSHA Region 2 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-programs Training Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-environment Work-operations Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Hispanic ; Machine (All) ; Machine - General ; Prevention through Design (PtD) ; Waste Management and Remediation Services
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE00NJ111
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  9 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026694
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2010-112499
• 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 00NJ111, 2002 Mar ; :1-9
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Performing Organization:
  New Jersey Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  56 - Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2005/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:40b8867cc983cdb399fc4a470760b21cb74910ef7da6b88733f9a2ef855aefb20b62dcc5aebe4d20bbdbd2ec73225d48750e49a54552f28e62de6add5aa42134
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/169239/cdc_169239_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 169.16 KB ]