OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14455117
HEAD,HYDRAULIC JACK,BLOCKS,CRUSHED,TRACTOR--TRUCK,FALLING OBJECT,JACK
Event description
CRUSHED BY FALLING SEMI-TRACTOR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CHANGING TIRES ON THE FRONT OF A SEMI TRACTOR. BOTH FRONT WHEELS HAD BEEN REMOVED. TWO HYDRAULIC JACKS WERE HOLDING THE TRACTOR UP. EMPLOYEE #1 CLIMBED UNDER THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK TO ADJUST ONE OF THE JACKS. THE TRACTOR FEL L ON HIM, CRUSHING HIS HEAD. HE WAS LOWERING ONE OF THE JACKS TO MAKE IT EASIER TO MOUNT ONE OF THE TIRES. THE JACK SLIPPED WHILE HE WAS UNDER THE TRACTOR, CAUS ING THE TRUCK TO SHIFT AND FALL OFF THE OTHER JACK ALSO.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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