OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14204275
UNSECURED,BARRIER GUARD,CRUSHED,TRUCK,STEERING WHEEL,TRUCK DRIVER,UNSTABLE LOAD
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED AGAINST STEERING COLUMN BY LOAD OF PLYWOOD
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TRANSPORTING A UNIT OF UNBANDED PLYWOOD IN A VEHICLE WHICH WAS N OT EQUIPPED WITH A BARRIER GUARD. WHEN A PEDESTRIAN STEPPED IN FRONT OF EMPLOYEE #1'S VEHICLE, HE WAS FORCED TO BRING THE TRUCK TO A SUDDEN STOP. THIS SUDDEN ST OP CAUSED THE UNIT OF PLYWOOD TO SHIFT FORWARD, CRUSHING EMPLOYEE #1 AGAINST THE STEERING COLUMN OF THE TRUCK.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 266
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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