OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14444079
HEAD,OVERHEAD GUARD,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,OVERTURN,UNSTABLE LOAD
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BY OVERTURNED INDUSTRIAL TRUCK
Investigation abstract
ON MARCH 16, 1987, AT APPROXIMATELY 2 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PERFORMING HIS REGULAR JOB. THIS REQUIRED HIM TO DRIVE A POWERED INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, WITH SCRAP HOPPER, TO A LARGE TRASH CONTAINER AND DUMP SCRAP. AS HE WAS LIFTING THE SCRAP HOPPER TO DUMP A LOAD INTO THE LARGE TRASH CONTAINER, THE TRUCK TURNED OVER ONTO HIM. EMP LOYEE #1 WAS FOUND WITH HIS HEAD BETWEEN THE GROUND AND THE OVERHEAD CAGE (GUARD ). HE WAS REMOVED FROM UNDER THE CAGE AND PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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