OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14341903
CAUGHT BETWEEN,LANDFILL,TRUCK,STRUCK BY
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO TRUCKS
Investigation abstract
While vice president for operations was issuing instructions to truck drivers at a landfill operation, Employee #1 left one truck and was walking to the rear of the second truck. Yet another truck pulled out of the line cut around the parke d truck and struck and caught Employee #1 between two trucks. Employee #1 died i n hospital's emergency room.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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