OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14428643
REPAIR,WORK RULES,LOCKOUT,CRUSHED,FLATBED TRUCK
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by falling truck bed
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a flatbed truck driver, was dumping debris at a landfill. The truck bed was partially raised when it stopped for some reason. Employee #1 apparentl y noticed a severed steel control cable leading to the power take-off. He had po sitioned himself between the raised bed and the truck frame to repair the cable when the bed lowered, crushing and killing him. Employee #1 may have moved the h ydraulic linkage lever while under the raised bed. There were no witnesses to th e accident.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 805
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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