OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14317762
FRONT END LOADER,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,MIRED,TRACTOR TRAILER,BACKING UP
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
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#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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