OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14423438
WORK RULES,TRUCK,FALL,OFF LOADING
Event description
Employee killed in fall from auto transport truck
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was unloading the sixth of seven new Pontiacs from an auto transport blowing out. This positioned the cars so that the doors, when opened, inhibited access to the top of the carrier, creating a barrier hazard. Ninety-nine percent of the time the cars are backed onto the carrier. Employee #1 had not been prov ided follow-up training since he was hired 29 years ago. carrier at a dealership. He was using a different carrier from the one he had u sed for at least four years, which had the foot walks removed. Employee #1 fell approximately 9 ft to the asphalt pavement, fracturing his head and right leg, a nd was found dead about 3 minutes after he was last seen. The car door was open. Hydraulic fluid, generated by a nearby hose fitting, created a slipping hazard on the fixed ladder the employee was using. The anti-slip grating on top of the carrier was damaged, creating a tripping hazard. The convertibles on the carrier had been driven on front-first, not backed on to prevent the back windows from
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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