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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14388805

HEAD,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,TRUCK,DUMP TRUCK,STRUCK BY,DUMP TRUCK BED,TRUCK DRIVER

Event
HEAD,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,TRUCK,DUMP TRUCK,STRUCK BY,DUMP TRUCK BED,TRUCK DRIVER
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14388805
Report ID
524700

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN DUMP TRUCK BED FELL ON HIM

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1, A FEED MILL OPERATOR IN A COUNTRY GRAIN ELEVATOR, WAS DUMPING A LOA D OF SHELLED CORN INTO A RECEIVING PIT. HE HAD DUMPED ABOUT HALF THE LOAD WHEN H E HAD TO STOP BECAUSE THE PIT WAS FULL. HE THEN APPARENTLY TRIED TO LOWER THE BE D OF THE DUMP TRUCK USING THE LEVER IN THE CAB, BUT THE LEVER STUCK. HE THEN LEA NED IN BETWEEN THE BED OF THE TRUCK AND THE FRAME TO ATTEMPT TO FREE THE BED CON TROL LEVER. HE SUCCEEDED, CAUSING THE BED TO COME CRASHING DOWN AND CRUSHING HIS HEAD BETWEEN THE BED AND THE FRAME. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES, BUT ANOTHER EMPLOY EE STATED THAT THE MECHANISM HAD FUNCTIONED PROPERLY EARLIER IN THE DAY. SHERIFF DEPUTIES TRIED THE MECHANISM AFTER THE EVENT AND IT FUNCTIONED PROPERLY.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 21 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    2
    Source
    29
    Occupation code
    699
    Human factor
    10
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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