OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14283311
FRACTURE,MECHANIC,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,DUMP TRUCK,TRUCK DRIVER
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by dump truck
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a truck driver/mechanic, was driving a 1973 Mack DM600 16-yard dump truck to a construction site. For some reason, he stopped off the highway, then apparently raised the dump body and climbed onto the chassis in back of the cab carrying a mallet. The dump body somehow lowered onto Employee #1 and crushed h im. He died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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