OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14198196
HEAD,MAINTENANCE,BRAKE,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,TRUCK,TRACTOR--TRUCK
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
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#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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