OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14332589
CHEST,FRACTURE,BRAKE,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,TRUCK,DUMP TRUCK,UNMANNED
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED WHILE TRYING TO STOP ROLLING DUMP TRUCK
Investigation abstract
AT ABOUT 9:15 AM ON AUGUST 1, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1, A DUMP TRUCK DRIVER, WAS DISCUS SING THE DAY'S PLANNED WORK ACTIVITIES WITH ANOTHER DUMP TRUCK DRIVER. THE BOTH HAD STOPPED THEIR TRUCKS AND HAD GOTTEN OUT TO TALK. EMPLOYEE #1 FAILED TO SET T HE EMERGENCY BRAKES ON HIS TRUCK. WHEN HE NOTICED IT ROLLING FORWARD, HE RAN AFT ER IT TO TRY TO STOP IT. HIS TRUCK ROLLED TO THE LEFT, INTO THE STATIONARY TRUCK . HE WAS CAUGHT AND CRUSHED BETWEEN THE TWO TRUCKS. HE SUFFERED NUMEROUS BROKEN BONES AND A CRUSHED CHEST. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 10:15 AM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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