OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14241186
CRC - EVANS PIPELINE INT'L, INC.
TULSA, OK·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN TWO CATERPILLAR TRACTORS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PART OF A CREW UNLOADING THREE CATERPILLAR TRACTORS FROM A TRUCK AT A WELDING SHOP. THE FIRST TRACTOR OFF THE TRUCK STALLED NEAR THE LOADING DOC K. THE FOREMAN AND EMPLOYEE #1 DECIDED TO TOW THE STALLED TRACTOR WITH ANOTHER T RACTOR. THE FOREMAN DROVE THE TOWING TRACTOR AROUND AND BACKED UP TO THE STALLED TRACTOR. EMPLOYEE #1 WENT BETWEEN THE TRACTORS TO HOOK UP THE TOW CHAIN BEFORE THE TRACTOR HAD COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. HE WAS FATALLY CRUSHED BETWEEN THE TWO TRACTORS.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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