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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14454011

CLOTHING,TANK TRUCK,ASPHYXIATED,HEART ATTACK,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,FALL,ENTANGLED,POWER TAKE-OFF

Event
CLOTHING,TANK TRUCK,ASPHYXIATED,HEART ATTACK,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,FALL,ENTANGLED,POWER TAKE-OFF
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14454011
Report ID
751910

Event description

Employee killed when clothing caught by power take-off

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was unloading 1,000 gal of diesel fuel from a tank truck into an und erground storage facility. He put a hose in the tank truck's pipe and started th e power take-off when he suffered a heart attack. As he fell, his clothes became entangled in the power take-off, squeezing him. Employee #1 was killed. Accordi ng to the county coroner who performed the autopsy, he died of asphyxia.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 63 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    2
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    503
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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