OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14428627
OVERLOADED,OFF LOADING,TRACTOR TRAILER,OVERTURN
Event description
Employee killed when tractor trailer overturns onto him
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a self-employed truck owner-operator, was at a rock quarry, where h is trailer was overloaded. When he departed the quarry, he noticed that the trai ler spring had broken. He returned to the quarry to unload the trailer to take i t to the repair shop to have the spring welded. While the tractor trailer was be ing unloaded, it tipped over onto Employee #1. He sustained multiple injuries an d died two weeks later.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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