OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14443543
VALLEY PROTEINS, INC.
LINVILLE, VA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN HYDRAULIC TAILGATE & TRAILER BODY
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 5:30 PM ON MAY 27, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS MANUALLY TRANSFERRING HING INJURY TO HIS LOWER ABDOMEN. EMPTY 55 GALLON METAL BARRELS FROM A TRAILER TRANSPORT TO A 2-1/2 TON STRAIGHT T RUCK. THE STRAIGHT TRUCK WAS EQUIPPED WITH A HYDRAULIC TAIL GATE. THE TAIL GATE WAS WET AND COVERED WITH GREASE, SO WAS QUITE SLIPPERY. THE TAIL GATE CONTROLS W ERE ALSO DAMAGED FROM AN EARLIER IMPACT, WHICH RESULTED IN THE GATE SOMETIMES RI SING EVEN THOUGH THE HAND CONTROL WAS NOT HELD IN THE "RAISE" POSITION. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO APPARENTLY WAS RIDING THE TAIL GATE AS HE WAS LOADING THE BARRELS, SLIP PED AND FELL AS THE TAIL GATE WAS RISING AND BECAME PINNED BETWEEN THE TAIL GATE 'S LEFT CORNER AND THE BODY OF THE PARKED TRAILER TRANSPORT. HE DIED FROM A CRUS
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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