Inspection Detail

Inspection: 316214915 - Tutor Perini

Inspection Information - Office: San Bernardino District Office

Investigation Summary

At 8:50 a.m. on January 30, 2014, Employee #1, a truck driver employed by a commercial construction general contractor, was about to retrieve a water truck that had been serviced and repaired. The truck was in the truck storage yard of Johnson Machinery Company, a commercial heavy equipment dealer with an onsite truck service and repair facility and storage yard. Based on the subsequent Cal/OSHA investigation, Employee #1 walked behind a truck driven by an employee of Johnson Machinery. The truck, a two-axle six-wheeled 2002 Peterbilt Truck Model 330 License Number 7G13930, was backing up to move out of the way of another truck driven by another Johnson Machinery employee. Employee #1 was walking in a northeast direction in the storage yard when he walked behind the Peterbilt truck and was struck by the rear passenger side portion of the truck's lift gate. Employee #1 was knocked to the ground and then was run over by the rear passenger side wheels. Employee #1 was killed. This fatality was reported to Cal/OSHA by an employer representative at 5:20 p.m. on January 30, 2014. Cal/OSHA's investigation included interviews with the two Johnson Machinery truck drivers, who both stated they did not see Employee #1 walking in the yard at any time up until the fatal event. The report concluded that one of the causal factors was that Employee #1 walked behind a moving vehicle without being visible to the driver.

Keywords: WHEEL, MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, CONSTRUCTION, TRUCK, STRUCK BY, RUN OVER, BACKING UP, TRUCK DRIVER