OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14346712
R. H. OWER SAND & ROCK TRANSPORT INC.
TAMPA, FL·
Event description
PRECAST FORMS FELL OFF TRUCK; STRIKING EMPLOYEE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, A TRUCK DRIVER, PARKED HIS FLATBED TRAILER TRUCK ON A SLIGHT SLOPE. THE SLOPE WAS AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE TRUCK BED. HE RELEASED THE TWO CHAINS SECU RING THE LOAD (PRECAST PANELS MOUNTED ON "A" FRAMES). THE "A" FRAMES WERE NOT IN DEPENDENTLY SECURED. THEY SHIFTED WHEN THE CHAINS WERE RELEASED, CAUSING THE PAN ELS TO TOPPLE DOWNHILL FROM THE TRUCK BED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY THE FALLING PANELS.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 60 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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