OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14464523
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,DUMP TRUCK,OFF LOADING,DUMP TRUCK BED,OVERTURN,TRUCK DRIVER
Event description
Employee crushed and killed by overturned dump truck
Investigation abstract
At approximately 8:50 a.m. on May 9, 1988, Employee #1 was unloading a large dum p truck and had jackknifed the vehicle in an attempt to connect the power take-o ff on the tractor to the drive shaft on the trailer. Employee #1 proceeded to ra ise the dumped bed, but when the dump bed was fully raised, the truck rolled ove r on its side, crushing and killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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