OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14402630
HELDENFELS BROTHERS, INC.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed under trailer
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working as a construction worker at a job site when it begin to rain very hard. Employee #1 sought shelter under a flatbed trailer that had 48 i n. of clearance from the ground. Employee #1 was still under the trailer when th e rain lessened. The supervisor assessed the job and determined that the trailer needed to be moved for other work. The supervisor who signaled for the driver t o pull forward could not see or know that anyone was under the trailer. As the d river pulled forward, Employee #1 was crushed and killed beneath the wheels.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 2
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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