OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14385124
PIERRI EXCAVATING COMPANY, INC.
CHICAGO, IL·
Event description
Employee crushed and killed when dump truck tips over
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 had directed a tractor-driven dump truck into position to deposit a load of stone. He then walked to the side of the truck to direct another dump tr uck into a position parallel to the first one. The first truck's dump body had b een raised approximately halfway when the truck tipped over sideways, crushing a nd killing Employee #1. The truck was on a well-compacted, flat, regular surface . It is surmised that the body of the first truck was not loaded evenly and was off its center of gravity.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 9
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 594
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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