Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14528707 - FLAG GIRL RUN OVER BY DUMP TRUCK

Accident Summary Nr: 14528707 -- Report ID: 0111700 -- Event Date: 09/28/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1821818	09/28/1984	1623	0	Keith Construction Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1823459	10/01/1984	1794	0	R F Fisher Construction

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE (FLAG GIRL) WAS DIRECTING TRAFFIC WHEN SHE WAS RUN OVER BY A 1976 R612 MACK DUMP TRUCK. THE TRUCK WAS BACKING UP ON A HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SITE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING AT HER ASSIGNED POSITION ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN AN EMPTY DUMP TRUCK, WITH NO BACK-UP ALARM, BACKED OVER HER AND CRUSHED HER. THE TRUCK WAS NOT BEING DIRECTED BY ANYONE. AS IT WAS BACKING UP THE EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY HAD HER BACK TO THE TRUCK AND WAS KNOCKED DOWN AND RUN OVER BY THE TRUCK TIRES. THE TRUCK DRIVER, A SUBCONTRACTOR ON SITE, DID NOT SEE HER UNTIL HE HAD COMPLETELY RUN OVER HER. THE TRUCK WAS BACKING UP INTO POSITION TO RECEIVE EARTH MATERIAL FROM A BACKHOE, WHICH WAS DIGGING UP THE HIGHWAY SHOULDER. THE EMPLOYEE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON SITE.

Keywords: BACK-UP ALARM, GUIDE, FLAGMAN, TRUCK, DUMP TRUCK, RUN OVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1821818			Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.
2	1823459					Occupation Not Listed

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