OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14377717
FIRST BRANDS CORPORATION
ALSIP, IL·
Event description
Employee killed when caught between tractor and trailer
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a spotter driver, was pinned between Spotter C67 and the trailer he was securing when he was hit from behind by his driverless spotter, which rolle d down an incline. He was killed. The brakes of the spotter were operating corre ctly before and after the accident. There were no witnesses. Employee #1 did not set the brake, turn off the engine, or block the wheels while parked on an incl ine.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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