OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14321251

WORK RULES,CRUSHED,BURIED,INATTENTION

1987-03-26T00:00:00

Event: WORK RULES,CRUSHED,BURIED,INATTENTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14321251
Report ID: 317000

Event description

Employee killed when crushed by compacted solid waste

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a garbage truck driver, dumped his load at a landfill, moved his tr uck out of the way, and returned to the trash he had dumped. When he began to pi ck up the trash the other drivers did not see him. Employee #1 was found after a full day's dumping at the landfill. He had been buried under 8 ft of compacted trash and was dead.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 35 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
14

Source
40

Occupation code
875

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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