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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14397301

PANEL,UNSECURED,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,CONCRETE,UNSTABLE LOAD

Event
PANEL,UNSECURED,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,CONCRETE,UNSTABLE LOAD
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14397301
Report ID
625400

Event description

Employee killed when crushed by falling concrete panels

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 had loaded some concrete panels weighing between 6,350 and 7,253 lb onto a trailer. The trailer hitch was not connected to the truck. When the left extension leg slipped off the 4 by 4 and 2 by 6 boards upon which it sat, the pa nels fell between the boards in the trailer, crushing and killing Employee #1.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 42 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    1
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1

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