OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14341663

AGRICULTURE,TRUCK CRANE,CAUGHT BY,FRUIT PACKING,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION,TIRE

1989-03-17T00:00:00

Event: AGRICULTURE,TRUCK CRANE,CAUGHT BY,FRUIT PACKING,RUN OVER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION,TIRE
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14341663
Report ID: 418800

Event description

Employee killed when run over by backing truck crane

Investigation abstract

On March 7, 1989, Employee #1, a harvester, was working in Blue Trace Grove pack ing fruit into a bag trailing between his legs. Suddenly he was pulled under the cleated 4 ft by 2 1/2 ft wide mud tire used on the truck-mounted articulating c rane, which was backing out of the grove area. Employer #1 died of multiple blun t trauma.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 28 M

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
19

Event type
2

Source
30

Occupation code
999

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
1

Hazardous substance
8880

Task assigned
1

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