OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14393508
JOHN SEXTON & COMPANY
HARAHAN, LA·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed between truck and loading dock
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a warehouse receiving clerk, was walking alongside a tractor traile r rig with a 48 ft long by 102 in. wide van. He was giving signals to the driver , who was backing up to the 48 in. high loading dock. When the trailer was appro ximately 3 or 4 ft from the dock, Employee #1 jumped up onto the dock. He then e ither slipped off the dock or tried to jump into the open trailer, but fell back ward and was crushed between the trailer and loading dock. Employee #1 was kille d.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
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