title: Dump truck-related deaths in construction, 1992-2007.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Dump trucks are universally used in construction and other industries to haul materials to the location and to remove waste materials.
  
  
  METHODS
  The source for dump truck-related fatality data was the Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) Research File.
  
  
  RESULTS
  From 1992 to 2007, 829 construction workers were killed in dump truck-related incidents nationwide. Of those, 336 were dump truck operators with 215 deaths occurring in street and highway incidents. Another 343 deaths involved workers on foot, three-quarters struck by dump trucks. Sixty-four of the construction workers killed were maintaining dump trucks, 22 when caught between the truck frame and a falling dump truck bed. Of the 86 other deaths, 55 involved streets and highways.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Recommendations include: (i) improving the reporting of seat belt usage in fatality reports; (ii) requiring use of seat belts; (iii) requiring the use of backup alarms, spotters, or other methods to alert dump truck operators to workers in their blind spots; (iv) prohibiting direct dumping at river banks and embankments; (v) using cameras or radar to enforce stopping at railway crossings; and (xi) enforcing worker safety practices (e.g., lockout/tagout procedures on elevated dump truck beds).
authors: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. michael.mccann@att.net
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: McCann
authors: Mei-Tai
authors: MT
authors: Cheng
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D060389:Construction Industry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018986:Motor Vehicles; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000401:mortality*; D012622:Seat Belts / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology