Fatality Narrative: Laborer Run-Over by Backing Dump Truck

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• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  On August 23, 2006, a laborer died, when he was backed-over by a dump truck. The 26-year-old victim had four years experience as a road paving laborer and had been employed by his current employer for the past three months. The day of the fatal incident was sunny and the victim was working on a paving project on a two-lane county road. One lane of the road was open to traffic and the other was being used as a staging area for the paving operation, where dump trucks were dropping their trailers. The victim and a co-worker had been laying, or tacking, a string line down the center of the road and using paint to mark the pavement so as to guide the crew laying asphalt and ensure its proper alignment. The coworker was called away and the victim stood up and waited for another worker to take his place laying string. At this moment, a dump truck that had just dropped its trailer began backing up toward the victim, who had his back turned away from the truck. The dump truck driver was backing down the lane avoiding his parked trailer and the live-traffic lane, but he did not see the victim who was in his blind spot. The victim was struck and run over by the reversing dump truck. He died at the scene of his injuries. The victim had been wearing a class 2 safety vest, yellow pants, hard hat and was using earplugs. The dump truck's back-up alarm was found to be working. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Automobiles
  • Construction Industry
  • Education
  • Mortality
  • Occupational Health
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Safety
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Workers
  • Work environment
  • Work zone
  • Motor vehicles
  • Highway work zones
  • Road construction
  • Truck drivers
  • Communication systems
  • Protective equipment
  • Protective measures
  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:20051741
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 71-59-2007, 2007 Jun; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatality narrative: laborer run-over by backing dump truck
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228814/cdc_228814_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 49.76 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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