OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14444822

HEAD,STEEL BEAM,WORK RULES,STRUCK AGAINST,RIDING ON EQUIPMENT,INATTENTION

1988-06-23T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,STEEL BEAM,WORK RULES,STRUCK AGAINST,RIDING ON EQUIPMENT,INATTENTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14444822
Report ID: 355111

Event description

Employee dies after striking head on bridge beam

Investigation abstract

At 5:00 p.m. on June 23, 1988, Employee #1 was preparing to lay grass seed along an embankment of the soon-to-be-completed Interstate 295 highway. He was riding on top of hay on a 14 ft 4 in. high tractor trailer that was being pulled by a 1984 GMC tractor truck when his head struck against a 16 ft 9 in. high steel bea m on an overpass. He was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 28 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
8

Occupation code
999

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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