Case Ditails

Case Name A person was run over without confirming the front by starting dump car
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Location The work field of remedial pavement
Overview When a worker stuck the gum tape for the curing on the handhole in front of the 2 ton dump truck at the sidewalk with the 3m width for pavement restoration before the start of the work, the driver did not notice him and started driving the dump truck forward.
Incident The victim was run over by the dump car.
Sequence * For the previous arrangement from 1 p.m., the foreman was not in the field.
* The driver and the victim judged to work independently in order to facilitate the construction in the afternoon without waiting for the foreman to return from the previous arrangement.
* The driver left the car for the different business with starting the engine. And the lock was not set for the car.
* This sidewalk was where in which the human seldom passed and the work was easy to do.
Cause * It is the direct cause that the operator of the dump car did not check the front and rear before starting the car.
* The causes were recognition shortage of the designation, shortage of previous arrangement in morning meeting and KYK, and shortage of common knowledge of the operational procedure of the acting foreman, that he left the car without the lock and started without checking around there, the lack of the dangerous forecast, imperfection of nomination of representative person, and independent work with the arbitrary decision.
* The imperfection of arrangement of the barrier on the working zone.
Countermeasures * The meeting before the work should be continued until all the members can understand the operational procedure.
* The foreman representative is appointed and a substitute is appointed in his or her absence.
* The work without the operation chief and traffic control person is forbidden.
* When the driver gets out of the car, he should get off the engine and pull out the key and set the ring stop.
* Certainly the safe confirmation of front and rear is done, when the car starts.
* The work right in front of the heavy machine and motor vehicle is not done.
* The independent work by the arbitrary decision and execution is not done.
* The yellow flag should be set on the rubber cone at the handhole fixing place, and the attention is focused.
* The work of fixing handhole is ended before the day.
Knowledge Comment * The work should not be done in front of and at the rear of heavy machine and motor vehicles.
Reason for Adding to DB It is a typical case by the constructional rolling stock machine.
Scenario
Primary Scenario Carelessness, Insufficient Precaution, Ignorance of Procedure, Disregard of Procedure, Poor Value Perception, Poor Safety Awareness, Organizational Problems, Poor Management, Usage, Operation/Use, Regular Operation, Nonobservance of Procedure, Regular Movement, Careless Movement, Bodily Harm, Injury
Sources Japan Road Contrtactors' Assoc.
Physical Damage The indistinctness
Financial Cost The indistinctness
Economic Loss The indistinctness
Field Civil Engineering
Author HOJO, Tetsuo (Institute of Technologists)