OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14473482
CHEST,ASPHYXIATED,CRUSHED,DUMP TRUCK,TRUCK DRIVER
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN PINNED UNDER DUMP BOX OF TRUCK
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was hauling asphalt in a dump truck. When found, Employee #1 was pin ned under the dump box of the truck. No one witnessed the accident, so his reaso n for being under the raised dump box was unknown. The truck wasn't equipped wit h a bar or support for the dump box. The truck did have a safety chain which cou ld have been used to secure the hydraulic control handle in the cab in place. Th is chain was covered by a piece of carpet and was not used by Employee #1. If th e safety chain had been used or a support bar had been available and used, the d ump box would not have lowered.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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