OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14194047
CHEST,CLOTHING,GARBAGE TRUCK,MAINTENANCE,WORK RULES,CONTROL LEVER,CAUGHT BY,TORSO,CRUSHED,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by dump truck bed
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was using a 1980 International sideloader trash truck with an E-Z pa ck dump body, serial #10451KCAL15686, tag #DT9664-MD, to collect trash from the curb. According to his employer and his foreman, Employee #1 had raised the dump bed of the truck a few feet to reach in and clear debris from the motor. His cl othing apparently became caught on the lever that releases the dump bed, causing the bed to crash down. Employee #1 sustained crushing injuries to his chest and abdomen, and was killed. Causal factors appear to be misjudgment of a hazardous situation and lack of training. Employee #1 had worked for this employer for se ven years and had operated the truck for four years.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 875
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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