OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14410906

CLEARANCE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,OFF LOADING

1987-09-08T00:00:00

Event: CLEARANCE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,OFF LOADING
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14410906
Report ID: 626600

Event description

Employee crushed and killed when caught under trash bin

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 worked for a demolition company. A coworker was delivering a 7 ft by 22 ft trash container to the demolition site. As the container was being unload ed, Employee #1 became caught underneath it. He was crushed and killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 20 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
19

Event type
2

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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