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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14422372

CHAIN,VEHICLE,COLLAPSE,SLING

Event
CHAIN,VEHICLE,COLLAPSE,SLING
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14422372
Report ID
729700

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED BY A COLLAPSED VEHICLE

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 died as a result of a 1974 Gran Torino falling on him after being ho isted onto the bed of a 1969 Chevrolet winch truck. Apparently, the employee dis covered that the wrong chain sling was used. He left the winch truck to obtain m aterial to block the partially elevated Gran Torino. He crawled under the Gran T orino after disconnecting the chain sling from the hoist line. Then, the Gran To rino collapsed killing the employee. The cause of death was crushing head and ch est injuries.

Victims (2)

  1. #1 Fatality Age 34 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    14
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #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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