OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14317747
GARBAGE TRUCK,REPAIR,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,HYDRAULIC LINE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,HOPPER,INATTENTION
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 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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