Fatality Narrative: Laborer Killed When Run Over by Reversing Dump Truck

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  On June 23, 2008, a laborer was run over by a backing-up dump truck in a highway work zone. The 49-year-old victim was a laborer and certified traffic flagger employed by an asphalt paving company. The victim was assigned to work as the truck traffic control coordinator or spotter in the truck transfer and staging area at a temporary traffic control work zone where a 2-lane highway was being repaved. The victim used a hand-held CB radio to communicate with the pilot car operator, who was making runs along the road bringing the motoring public past the work zone area. The victim's job was to ensure that traffic flow did not impact the movement of trucks carrying asphalt from the staging area, from the asphalt paver, or departing from the work zone. The driver of a dump truck pulled out from a line of parked trucks, honked the horn twice and began reversing. It was noted that the truck's back-up alarm was working. The victim walked out from behind a parked trailer into the open lane of the road and was attempting to make radio contact with the pilot car operator. The victim was facing away from the backing truck when they were struck and run over. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Automobiles
  • Construction Industry
  • Construction Materials
  • Education
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Mortality
  • Occupational Health
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Workers
  • Work environment
  • Construction
  • Construction equipment
  • Construction workers
  • Construction materials
  • Fatalities
  • Traumatic injuries
  • Safety
  • Education
  More +
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051673
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 71-87-2009, 2009 Nov; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatality narrative: laborer killed when run over by reversing dump truck
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228786/cdc_228786_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 50.19 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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