OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14469308
GARBAGE TRUCK,CRUSHED,TRUCK
Event description
CREW MEMBER CRUSHED BETWEEN GARBAGE TRUCK & WALL
Investigation abstract
THE THREE MAN CREW WAS POSITIONING A GARBAGE TRUCK TO PICK UP A DUMPSTER BOX. ON E MAN DROVE WHILE A LOADER STOOD ON EACH OF THE REAR SIDE STEPS. WHILE THEY WERE BACKING DOWN A STEEP, CURVED AND NARROW ROAD THE TRUCK WENT OUT OF CONTROL. IT SLID FROM THE PAVEMENT OVER ABOUT 10 FT OF WET GROUND INTO THE STEEL REINFORCED WALL OF A TENNIS COURT. THE LOADER WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN THE TRUCK AND THE STEEL R EINFORCED WALL.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 875
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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