OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14346472
CHEST,ELEPHANT,ANIMAL HANDLER,CRUSHED,FALL
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by elephant
Investigation abstract
On a Sunday at 2:15 p.m., Employee #1 and the contractor/elephant owner were lea to death. Employee #1 was not working at his regularly-assigned elephant handli ng duties. The weather was mild, clear, and sunny. ding a male elephant from an outside yard area into a holding/feeding barn. Afte r opening a gate from the yard area, the owner and employee began to lead the el ephant up a slightly graduated cement ramp, 9 feet in length and enclosed on the sides by metal rail fences, toward the barn door. Both men were apparently on t he left side of the elephant. The normal procedure was for the owner to be at th e front left shoulder of the animal and his assistant to be at the left rear fla nk. For unknown reasons, the employee either fell or was knocked down by the ele phant. The elephant then pushed his head into the employee's chest, crushing him
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 3
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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