OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14445118
AMPUTATED,WORK RULES,CLEANING,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,LOCOMOTIVE,TRUCK,RAILROAD TRACK,HIP,LEG
Event description
LEG CRUSHED BETWEEN TRUCK BODY AND ELEVATED MANHOLE
Investigation abstract
ON MARCH 12, 1987, AT APPROXIMATELY 1:35 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING BEHIND A M . HE ALSO SUFFERED A HIP INJURY. YERS HIGH VELOCITY SEWER CLEANER UNIT, MOUNTED ON A FORD TRUCK CHASSIS. HE WAS W ORKING AT THE CONTROL PANEL, LOCATED ON THE BACK OF THE UNIT. A HIGH PRESSURE WA TER HOSE FROM THE UNIT RAN INSIDE AN ELEVATED MANHOLE, LOCATED BEHIND THE TRUCK. A SWITCHING ENGINE, PULLING A LOADED BOXCAR, CAME UP THE TRACKS TOWARDS THE TRU CK. THE TRUCK WAS PARKED ABOUT AN INCH TOO CLOSE TO THE TRACKS FOR THE ENGINE TO GET BY. IT STRUCK THE SEWER CLEANER UNIT IN THE FRONT, PUSHING THE TRUCK BACKWA RDS OVER THE ELEVATED MANHOLE. EMPLOYEE #1'S RIGHT LEG WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BA CK OF THE TRUCK AND A SECOND ELEVATED MANHOLE. HIS LEG WAS AMPUTATED AT THE KNEE
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 764
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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