OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14379812
CHEST,HEAD,WORK RULES,TRUCK,DUMP TRUCK,ARM,ENTANGLED,POWER TAKE-OFF
Event description
ENTANGLED IN POWER TAKE-OFF SHAFT OF DUMP TRUCK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DELIVERING BUILDING MATERIALS TO A CONSTRUCTION SITE. THE LINKAG E FOR THE DUMP BED WAS BROKEN, SO HE GOT OUT OF TRUCK AND MANUALLY OPERATED THE HOIST LINKAGE FROM UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK. HE BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE POWER TAKE-O FF SHAFT THAT RUNS THE HYDRAULIC LIFT WHICH LIFTS THE TRUCK BED. HE WAS FOUND, L ATER, BY CARPENTERS AT THE SITE. HIS SHIRT AND JACKET HAD BEEN RIPPED FROM HIS B ODY. HE SUFFERED SEVERE TRAUMA TO HIS HEAD AND CHEST, AND POSSIBLY A BROKEN NECK AND ARM. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 36
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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