OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14317747
BFI WASTE SYSTEMS OF N. AMERICA, INC.
WILMINGTON, DE·
Event description
Employee killed by falling hopper blade
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was repairing a leaking hydraulic line on a 1988 Ford side loader re fuse truck hopper. When he disconnected the hydraulic line, the hopper blade fel l on his upper body, killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- HEAD (13)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQ. (27)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- SAFETY DEVICES REMOVED/INOPER. (9)
- Environmental factor
- SHEAR POINT ACTION (3)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.