Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202355319 - Engineer Is Run Over And Killed By Backing Tank Truck

Accident Summary Nr: 202355319 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 10/04/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309271518	10/05/2005	8711	541330	Kci Technologies, Inc.

Abstract: On October 4, 2005, Employee #1 was a civil engineer working as a consultant managing highway paving projects. He had fifteen years experience. He was overseeing a night paving project on an interstate highway. For some reason, he stepped into the path of an oil tank truck that was backing up. He was struck by the left rear of the truck and run over. He sustained a fracture in his chest, and he was killed. Truck warnings were operating, and illumination was adequate. Employee #1 was wearing a retroreflective vest. There was no one on the ground to assist the driver of the tank truck as he backed up. The only actual witness to the accident was the operator of a roller, who sounded the roller's horn. It was not heard through hearing protection attenuators and above other equipment noise.

Keywords: back-up alarm, chest, fracture, highway, dump truck, struck by, run over, backing up, road paving

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309271518			Fatality	Fracture	Civil engineers

UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA