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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14337182

CHEST,DISINTEGRATED,CRUSHED,TRUCK,STRUCK BY,STEERING WHEEL

Event
CHEST,DISINTEGRATED,CRUSHED,TRUCK,STRUCK BY,STEERING WHEEL
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14337182
Report ID
419700

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

  1. #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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