Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14317572

EDIS GENERAL CONTRACTORS

Event
TAILGATE, WORK RULES, OFF LOADING, INATTENTION, CONTROL LEVER, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, FLATBED TRUCK
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#17708272
Employer profile
EDIS GENERAL CONTRACTORS
Summary number
14317572
Report ID
317020

Event description

Employee killed when caught between platform and truck bed

Investigation abstract

At 2:50 p.m. on March 24, 1986, Employee #1 was unloading material from a flatbe d truck equipped with a tailgate lift platform. He accidentally leaned back and hit the control lever. Employee #1 was crushed between the platform and the truc k's bed and was killed.

Victims (2)

  1. #1 Fatality Age 61 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    1
    Event type
    2
    Source
    24
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #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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