Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 828939 - Employee killed when struck by backing trailer

Accident Summary Nr: 828939 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 03/13/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104233101	03/14/1989	4213	0	Black Hills Trucking Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, the driver of truck #603, which was being loaded, was on the ground away from the loading operations, talking with the truck pusher in front of the truck. The pusher signaled the driver of truck #639 to back up and stretch out the trailer. He then left Employee #1 and went to measure the load on the loaded truck. The next time Employee #1 was observed he was being struck and run over by truck #639 and killed. Truck #639 had a plate behind the cab that restricted the rear view. It was mentioned in the interview with the pusher that no signal was given to stop the truck being backed up.

Keywords: WORK RULES, OBSTRUCTED REAR VIEW, TRAILER, RUN OVER, BACKING UP, INATTENTION, TRUCK DRIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104233101			Fatality	Asphyxia	Truck drivers, heavy

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