OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14300701
THE LIHUE PLANTATION CO LTD
LIHUE, HI·
Event description
TRACTOR TRAILER DRIVER INVOLVED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 11:40 AM ON FEBRUARY 8, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A TRUCK TRACTOR, TOWING A TRAILER LOADED WITH SUGAR CANE. THE TRUCK AND TRAILER JACKNIF ED, WITH THE TRAILER LEFT TIPPED ONTO ITS LEFT SIDE AND THE TRACTOR TIPPED ONTO ITS RIGHT SIDE, FACING THE DIRECTION FROM WHICH IT HAD COME. THE DRIVER'S HEAD A ND PART OF HIS UPPER BODY WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE TRACTOR AND THE BANK OF THE DIT CH THE TRACTOR WAS IN. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS NOT WEARING HIS SAFETY BELT, WAS FAT ALLY INJURED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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