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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14317762

FRONT END LOADER,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,MIRED,TRACTOR TRAILER,BACKING UP

Event
FRONT END LOADER,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,MIRED,TRACTOR TRAILER,BACKING UP
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14317762
Report ID
317020

Event description

Employee killed when crushed between trailer and loader

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was hooking chain to a front end loader to pull out a stuck tractor trailer. The driver of the truck, after the chain was hooked to the trailer, got back into the truck. The truck suddenly backed up and crushed Employee #1 betwe en the trailer and the front end loader. Employee #1 was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 37 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    2
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    2

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