Fatality Narrative: Roofing Contractor Killed When Parked Flatbed Truck Rolls Backward

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• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  On February 9, 2004, the owner of a roofing company was killed when a parked flatbed truck rolled backward and ran over him. The victim, a 61-year-old roofing contractor, and his crew had finished removing an old roof from a private residence and the debris had been loaded into the debris box on the back of a tilt-bed truck. The victim started the truck and drove only a few yards before pulling over and parking along the side of the road. He then put the transmission in neutral, left the engine running, and got out of the truck. He went to the back of the vehicle and placed a wheel block behind the left rear tire. The truck began to roll backward towards the victim. He tried to stop it by pushing on the back of the truck with his hands. He slipped underneath the truck and was dragged a short distance before the truck crashed into a parked car. The emergency medical responder declared the victim dead at the scene. An investigation by police determined that the truck was parked on an incline, the emergency brake was inoperative, the two left rear tires (the ones that rolled over the wheel block) had low air pressure, the truck was heavily loaded, and the transmission was set in neutral. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Automobiles
  • Education
  • Mortality
  • Occupational Health
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Safety
  • Staff Development
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Workers
  • Work environment
  • Roofing
  • Motor vehicles
  • Truck drivers
  • Equipment operators
  • Equipment operation
  • Equipment reliability
  • Equipment maintenance
  • Protective equipment
  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:20051862
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 71-28-2004, 2004 Nov; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatality narrative: roofing contractor killed when parked flatbed truck rolls backward
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228845/cdc_228845_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 21.85 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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