OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14224539
CHEST,MOBILE HOME,CRUSHED,TRAILER,RUN OVER
Event description
EMPLOYEE RUN OVER BY MOBILE HOME WHEEL
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 9 AM ON SEPTEMBER 27, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOV E A TRAFFIC CONE WHICH HAD LODGED UNDER THE AXLE OF 70 FOOT BY 14 FOOT MOBILE HO ME TRAILER. THE TRAILER AND ITS TOWING TRACTOR HAD STOPPED ON THE INSIDE WEST BO UND LANE OF RIVER STREET, BECAUSE THE MOBILE HOME HAD BRUSHED UP BESIDE A PORTAB LE BLINKING TRAFFIC DIRECTIONAL ARROW. THE TRAFFIC ARROW WAS MOVED ASIDE BY EMPL OYEES TO GIVE THE TRAILER ROOM TO CLEAR. AS THE MOBILE HOME TRAILER WAS PULLED F ORWARD, THE EMPLOYEE WAS RUN OVER BY THE RIGHT FRONT TANDEM WHEEL OF THE MOBILE HOME TRAILER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 2
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