OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1002310
VEHICLE IN GEAR,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,TRACTOR,UNMANNED,BACKING UP,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
Employee killed when pinned between tractor and trailer
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was backing up a shag tractor with a trailer into a parking space. H e stopped the truck tractor and got out, leaving it in reverse gear. The truck t ractor moved and pinned him between it and an adjacent semi-trailer. Employee #1 was killed. (The shag truck had been left in reverse gear before.)
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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