OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14300982
PRINCEVILLE DEVELOPMENT CORP
HANALEI, HI·
Event description
One killed, one injured when Truckster's brakes fail
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was riding in the bed of a Cushman Truckster being driven by Employe e #2. As they were going down a steep incline, the Truckster's brakes failed and Employee #2 lost control of the vehicle. Employee #1 was thrown onto the roadwa y. He died of multiple severe trauma to his chest and abdomen with massive hemor rhaging. Employee #2, who jumped off, sustained lacerations and abrasions to his scalp and was hospitalized.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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