OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14337182
SUWANNEE LUMBER MFG. COMPANY INC.
CROSS CITY, FL·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY TRUCK STEERING WHEEL
Investigation abstract
AT 11:10 AM ON JANUARY 18, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 AND HIS SON TOOK AN OLD 1940 ARM TR UCK TO GET A TRUCK FRAME OUT OF THE JUNK PILE. THE TRUCK HAD A HOMEMADE 20 FOOT HOIST WHICH CAME FROM THE TRUCK BED OVER THE CAB TO THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK. EMPL OYEE #1 DROVE THE TRUCK FORWARD INTO THE JUNK PILE. HIS SON HOOKED UP THE OLD TR UCK FRAME. A COUPLE OF ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO LIFT THE TRUCK FRAME. ON THE LAST A TTEMPT, THEY HEARD A POPPING NOISE. THE FRAME SPLIT AND THE STEERING WHEEL CAME TOWARD EMPLOYEE #1, STRIKING HIM AND CRUSHING HIS CHEST. HE DIED AT 3:40 PM THE SAME DAY.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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