OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14397301
PANEL,UNSECURED,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,CONCRETE,UNSTABLE LOAD
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
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#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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