OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14255186
POULTRY LOADERS, INC.
SEVEN SPRINGS, NC·
Event description
Employee crushed to death between two trucks
Investigation abstract
At 10:00 p.m. on January 4, 1987, Employee #1 was working at McSwain farm. He wa ween the two trucks and attempted to remove the chain. However, the other truck was still moving and Employee #1 was crushed. He suffered internal injuries to t he chest area and died at the scene. s the foreman assigned to supervise the loading of turkeys onto 18-wheel tractor -trailer trucks. Two trucks owned and operated by Laughlins Poultry Farm, Inc., had been hooked together by a 1-foot chain, and one was attempting to pull the o ther from a soft spot. The two trucks were each hooked from the rear. Employees of Laughlins were watching the movement of the trucks and signaling the drivers: one observer was located on each side of the trucks at the rear. Although Emplo yee #1 had not been assigned to help move the trucks, he was standing behind one of the observers. When the truck doing the pulling stopped, Employee #1 ran bet
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 485
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 2
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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