OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14346803
FRACTURE,HEAD,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRUCK,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Event description
STRUCK BY FALLING TRUCK TAIL GATE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, A TRUCK DRIVER, WAS REMOVING THE TAIL GATE FROM A 1985 MACK 10 WHEE HEAD AGAINST THE SCOOP. HE SUFFERED A FRACTURED SKULL AND DIED THREE DAYS LATER . L DUMP TRUCK AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE. HE WAS GOING TO USE A FRONT END LOADER TO L IFT THE TAIL GATE OFF, USING A CHAIN. HE HAD THE OPERATOR OF THE 930 CATERPILLAR LOADER POSITION IT ABOUT 4 FEET DIRECTLY BEHIND THE TRUCK AND ELEVATE THE FRONT SCOOP ABOUT 5 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. HE HAD ALREADY ATTACHED A 7 FOOT CHAIN TO A PADEYE, WELDED TO THE TOP CENTER OF THE TAIL GATE, AND HAD REMOVED BOTH TOP PI VOT PINS. THE TRUCK DRIVER THEN STEPPED BETWEEN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK AND THE SC OOP OF THE FRONT END LOADER AND STARTED TO ATTACH THE CHAIN TO THE SCOOP. THE TA IL GATE, NO LONGER SECURED IN PLACE, TIPPED OVER AND FELL, PINNING EMPLOYEE #1'S
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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