OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14453740
HILBERT'S RUBBISH REMOVAL
CARROLL, IA·
Event description
BRAKE FAILURE; TRUCK ROLLED INTO EMPLOYEE, CRUSHING HIM
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE AND THE OWNER OF THE BUSINESS, WENT TO PICK U WALL. HE WAS STRUCK BY THE REAR OF THE TRUCK AND CRUSHED AGAINST THE BRICK WALL. THE OWNER JUMPED INTO THE TRUCK AND HIT THE BRAKES OF THE 1966 CHEVROLET TRUCK (MODEL HC 6, VIN NO. 65363229735, LIC. NO. DW 4743). EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ALREADY CRU SHED, HOWEVER. HE DIED ABOUT ONE HOUR LATER IN THE HOSPITAL. THE MICRO BRAKE FAI LED. P SOME TRASH FROM THE DOCK AREA OF J C PENNY. THE DOCK AREA IS 18 FEET, 10 AND 1 /2 INCHES WIDE AND 69 FEET LONG. THERE IS A DISTANCE OF 7 FEET FROM THE SIDEWALK BACK TO THE DOCK. THE TRUCK WAS BACKED PART WAY DOWN THE INCLINE BY THE OWNER A ND THE MICRO BRAKE WAS SET. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE ENTERED THE BUILDING. EMPLOYEE #1 AND THE OWNER WERE JUST COMPLETING THE EMPTYING OF THEIR CONTAINERS WHEN THE OT HER EMPLOYEE CAME OUT OF THE BUILDING. HE NOTICED THE TRUCK ROLLING BACK TOWARD THE OTHER 2 MEN. HE YELLED "LOOK OUT". THE OWNER AVOIDED THE TRUCK BY MOVING TO THE SOUTH. EMPLOYEE #1 TRIED TO ESCAPE BY GOING BETWEEN THE TRUCK AND THE BRICK
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 875
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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