OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14250716
CITY OF CHARLOTTE-OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT SANITATION
CHARLOTTE, NC·
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND RUN OVER BY GARBAGE TRUCK
Investigation abstract
AT ABOUT 9:05 AM ON APRIL 11, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 PARKED HIS SANITATION TRUCK AND OULD HAVE PREVENTED THE PACKING SYSTEM FROM OPERATING WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN G EAR, FAILED TO OPERATE. WALKED TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE TO OPERATE THE PACKING SYSTEM. HE LEFT THE TRU CK IN GEAR AND THE PARKING BRAKES SET. HE WAS EMPTYING A CAN OF GARBAGE WHEN THE PACKING SYSTEM BEGAN OPERATING. THE TRUCK BEGAN MOVING FORWARD WITH NO DRIVER. EMPLOYEE #1 RAN TO CATCH THE TRUCK AND STOP IT. HE EITHER TRIPPED OR FELL IN FRO NT OF THE LEFT REAR WHEEL AND WAS RUN OVER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DECLARED DEAD AT THE SCENE BY FIRE AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL. THE EMPLOYEE HAD NOT BEEN AUTHORIZED BY TH E CITY OF CHARLOTTE TO OPERATE THE TRUCK. ALSO, PROCEDURE WAS VIOLATED BY LEAVIN G THE VEHICLE IN GEAR. ADDITIONALLY, THE MICRO SWITCH AT THE GEAR SHIFT, WHICH W
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 875
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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