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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14198196

HEAD,MAINTENANCE,BRAKE,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,TRUCK,TRACTOR--TRUCK

Event
HEAD,MAINTENANCE,BRAKE,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,TRUCK,TRACTOR--TRUCK
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14198196
Report ID
352410

Event description

EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN TWO TRUCK TRACTORS

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING AT THE REAR OF A 1970 INTERNATIONAL TRUCK TRACTOR, REPAI THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN NEUTRAL. THE WHEELS WERE NOT CHOCKED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TH E PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY. RING THE BRAKES. THE TRUCK, LOCATED IN A TRUCK MAINTENANCE SHOP, WAS ELEVATED 4 FEET ABOVE THE FLOOR BY 4 HORIZONTAL WOOD BLOCKS. ABOUT 18 INCHES BEHIND THE TRU CK TRACTOR WAS ANOTHER SEMITRACTOR TRAILER RIG, WITH A FLAT BED TRAILER ATTACHED . BOTH VEHICLES WERE FACING NORTHWARD. WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 INSTRUCTED A MECHANIC TO RELEASE THE EMERGENCY AIR BRAKE CONTROL, THE TRACTOR ROLLED BACKWARDS, OFF THE HORIZONTAL BLOCKS. EMPLOYEE #1'S HEAD WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN THE REAR FRAME OF THE TRUCK TRACTOR AND THE FRONT BUMPER OF THE RIG PARKED BEHIND IT. HE WAS KILLED. N O MEANS WAS USED TO SECURE THE TRACTOR IN PLACE AFTER THE BRAKES WERE RELEASED.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 28 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    2
    Source
    29
    Occupation code
    507
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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