OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14203665
MAINTENANCE,PIT,FALL,LOST BALANCE
Event description
FELL INTO TRUCK-LOADING PIT
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 1:30 PM ON FEBRUARY 3, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS MAKING REPAIRS ON THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 WAS MAKING SOME REPAIRS TO ONE OF THE HYD RAULIC CYLINDERS WHILE STANDING ON THE COVER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS LOOSENING ONE OF T HE FITTINGS WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED OR THE FITTING GAVE WAY. EMPLOYEE #1 LOST HI S BALANCE AND FELL INTO THE TRUCK PIT, SUFFERING SEVERE INTERNAL INJURIES. THE T RUCK PIT IS ABOUT 17 TO 18 FEET DEEP. ONE OF THE HYDRAULIC CYLINDERS ON THE "CLAMSHELL" AT THE CLACKAMAS TRANSFER AND RECYCLING CENTER. THE CLAMSHELL IS LOCATED AT FLOOR LEVEL, ADJACENT TO TO THE ED GE OF A TRUCK PIT USED TO LOAD SEMITRAILERS WITH GARBAGE. ON THE NORTH SIDE OF T HE CLAMSHELL THERE IS A SMALL SHEET METAL COVER WHICH PROTECTS THE MAIN CROSS ME MBER OF THE TRAILERS WHILE THE CLAMSHELL IS USED TO PACK THE GARBAGE INTO THE TR AILERS. THE SHEET METAL COVER IS APPROXIMATELY 24 INCHES WIDE AND 8 FEET LONG. T HE COVER IS ALSO USED TO WALK ACROSS FROM THE CLAMSHELL PIVOT POINT TO THE MAIN FLOOR LEVEL, WHERE GARBAGE IS STORED, THEN TRANSFERED TO THE TRUCKS IN THE PIT.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 519
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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