OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1003714
Z EECE TN DPW
GREECE, NY·
Event description
Employee injured in fall from moving pickup truck
Investigation abstract
At 10:07 a.m. on September 4, 1987, Employee #1 was sitting on the open tailgate of a truck being driven by a coworker. As the truck approached a street, an emp ty cardboard box fell into the bed of the truck from the top of a tool box locat ed behind the cab. When the box fell, Employee #1 fell or jumped from the tailga te and landed on the pavement. He sustained a head injury and was taken by ambul ance to Park Ridge Hospital, where he was admitted in serious condition. No viol ations of OSHA standards were cited; however, safety procedures for riding in th e back of an open vehicle were discussed with the Superintendant.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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