OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14255137
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEMS OF NEW BERN NC
EMERALD ISLE, NC·
Event description
CRUSHED BETWEEN EXCAVATOR SHOVEL AND FUEL TANK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES ON A CONSTRUCTION SITE WERE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A 264 GALLON METAL DIES E TANK. EMPLOYEE #1 JUMPED ONTO THE TANK SKIDS IN AN TO STABILIZE IT. WHILE HE W AS STANDING ON THE SKIDS AND HOLDING THE CHAIN, THE TANK FLIPPED UP TO A VERTICA L POSITION, PINNING HIM BETWEEN THE TANK AND THE JOHN DEERE MODEL 009076 EXCAVAT OR (BACKHOE) SHOVEL. EMPLOYEE #1 RECEIVED INTERNAL INJURIES WHICH WERE FATAL. EL FUEL STORAGE TANK WITH THE BUCKET OF AN EXCAVATOR. A CHAIN WAS ATTACHED TO TH E EXCAVATOR BUCKET AND TO THE TANK (TWO LEGS). THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 77 GALLON S OF FUEL IN THE TANK, WEIGHING 564 POUNDS. THE ESTIMATED WEIGHT OF THE TANK IS 200 LBS FOR A TOTAL OF 764 POUNDS. THE TANK WAS BEING MOVED HORIZONTALLY APPROXI MATELY 12 INCHES. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HOLDING THE DRUM IN AN ATTEMPT TO STABILIZE IT . THE METAL TANK WAS 36 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND 5 FEET IN LENGTH WITH APPROXIMATE LY 9 INCHES OF FUEL IN THE BOTTOM. SINCE ONLY TWO LEGS OF THE CHAIN WAS ATTACHED TO THE TANK AT THE BOTTOM, THE FUEL HAD A TENDENCY TO GO TO ONE END, TILTING TH
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 22
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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