OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14237531
DELL COMPRESS WAREHOUSE
DELL, AR·
Event description
Employee killed when struck and caught by overhead guard
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was operating a stacker with an apparently unapproved boom attached. He tried to pull a trailer loaded with four cotton bales away from a post. Afte r the trailer had pulled away from the post, the tractor operator restarted and moved forward slightly. His foot slipped from the clutch and the tractor lurched forward. He immediately stopped, and shut off the engine. He turned and saw the stacker overturn with Employee #1 inside. Employee #1 was struck by the overhea d guard and killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 71 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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