OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14461172
RIO CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION
PONCE, PR·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by falling girder
Investigation abstract
On April 22, 1986, Employee #1 was driving a Caterpillar dump truck, model #769, with its bed in the upright position. The bed struck the neutral cable of the e lectric lines and the girders of a bridge under construction. A girder fell onto the truck cab, striking Employee #1. He died 2 hours later.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 859
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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