OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1004324
GARBAGE TRUCK,DUMPSTER,STRUCK BY,CONTUSION
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY GARBAGE DUMPSTER
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and Employee #2 were collecting refuse. At the time of the accident a garbage dumpster was being emptied into the tailgate. Employee #1 was standing at the rear drivers side of the truck while Employee #2 was standing at the rea r passenger side of the truck operating the controls that lift the dumpster up a nd over into the tailgate. The dumpster swung in the direction of Employee #1 hi tting him on the right shoulder knocking him to the ground. Employee #1 was fata lly injured. The investigation concluded that the container latch bars that rest rain the dumpster in place were not engaged at the time of the accident.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 60 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 875
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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