OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14414783
HENKELS & MCCOY, INC.
ST. MARY'S, MO·
Event description
CRUSHED BETWEEN VEHICLE AND TRAILER
Investigation abstract
A THREE-PERSON ELECTRIC LINE CREW WAS DROPPING OFF WOOD UTILITY POLES EVERY 300 EMPLOYEE DIED OF HIS INJURIES. FEET ALONGSIDE A TWO-LANE SECONDARY STATE HIGHWAY. THE POLES WERE TO BE USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TRANSMISSION LINE. THE CREW'S EQUIPMENT WAS BLOCKING O NE OF THE LANES OF THE HIGHWAY, AND SIGNS STATING "MEN WORKING" HAD BEEN POSTED AT THE JOBSITE AT INTERVALS OF MORE THAN 1 MILE. A LINE TRUCK WITH A TRAILER WAS PARKED BEHIND A LONG TRAILER CARRYING THE POLES. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES WAS ATTAC HING A CHAIN SLING TO A POLE WHEN THE REAR TRAILER WAS STRUCK BY A GRAIN TRACTOR TRAILER. THE GRAIN TRACTOR TRAILER, WHICH HAD DEFECTIVE BRAKES, DROVE THE LINE TRUCK INTO THE POLES, CRUSHING THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS STANDING BETWEEN THEM. THE
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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