OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14236442
WHITAKERS PLASTERING
LAS VEGAS, NV·
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN BED OF TRUCK FELL ON HIM
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INJURED WHEN HE WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE BED OF A TRUCK AND THE TR UCK FRAME. HE WAS ATTENPTING TO RELEASE THE HYDRAULIC VALVE HOLDING THE TRUCK BE D UP BY STRIKING IT WITH A HAMMER. THE TECHNIQUE WORKED, AND THE EMPLOYEE SUFFER ED A COLLAPSED LUNG AND MINOR BRUISES AND CONTUSIONS WHEN THE BED FELL ON HIM.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 584
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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