OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14414478

VEHICLE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,STARTED IN GEAR,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED

1987-07-14T00:00:00

Event: VEHICLE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,STARTED IN GEAR,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14414478
Report ID: 728900

Event description

Employee killed when crushed between two machines

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 had jump-started a rubber-tired packer. He was unhooking the jumper cables when the packer machine started to move forward and he became caught betw een it and another machine. Employee #1 sustained severe internal injuries and w as killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 59 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
19

Event type
2

Source
30

Occupation code
999

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
1

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