Safety Flash
Worker struck and injured by tipper truck
Worker struck and injured by tipper truck
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 05/18
- Line of FireSimultaneous OperationsVehicles and Driving
- Line of fire
- Vehicles and driving
- Exclusion zones
- Construction
Summary
A construction worker walking on a haul road was struck and run over by a tipper truck, sustaining serious injuries and later requiring amputation. The flash reports inadequate protected walkways, uncontrolled site access and an outdated traffic management plan, emphasising separation of pedestrians and vehicles.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Vehicles and driving; driving; road transport.
Classifications: Exclusion zones; red zones; restricted access zones.
Classifications: Construction; construction industry.
Summary
A worker was seriously injured by a tipper truck where pedestrian segregation and traffic management controls were inadequate.
IMCA SF 05/18. Themes: line of fire, simultaneous operations, vehicles and driving.