OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14233175
GARBAGE TRUCK,BRAKE,PINNED,WORK RULES,DUMPSTER,CAUGHT BETWEEN
Event description
Employee killed when pinned by refuse truck against dumpster
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was unhooking chains on the lid of a compactor dumpster before empty ing it. The refuse truck brake was not set and the truck moved forward, pinning the employee between the truck and the dumpster and killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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