OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14477855
CHEST,HEART ATTACK,CRUSHED,INEXPERIENCE,TRACTOR TRAILER,POOR VISIBILITY
Event description
CRUSHED UNDER TRACTOR TRAILER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #2 WAS ASKED TO DRIVE A TRACTOR TRAILER AROUND THE BUILDING TO ANOTHER YMPTOMS OF A HEART ATTACK AND WAS ADMITTED TO A HOSPITAL. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD WORKED FOR THE EMPLOYER FOR 5 1/2 DAYS. EMPLOYEE #2 HAD BEEN THERE 2 1/2 DAYS. LOADING DOCK. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSTRUCTED TO GO BY FOOT TO HELP UNLOAD THE TRAILE R. EMPLOYEE #1 ARRIVED AT THE UNLOADING AREA BEFORE THE TRUCK AND SAT DOWN BEHIN D A 7 FOOT HIGH PILE OF MATERIALS, OUT OF VIEW OF THE TRUCK DRIVER. EMPLOYEE #2, WHO HAD A VALID OPERATOR'S PERMIT, WAS DRIVING FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THIS PARTI CULAR JOB. HE APPARENTLY CUT THE TRAILER TOO QUICKLY. THE TRAILER CONTACTED THE STORED MATERIAL ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN ITS LENGTH AND SOME OF THE MATERIAL BECAME W EDGED UNDER THE TRAILER. THE MATERIAL CAUGHT EMPLOYEE #1 AND DRAGGED HIM ALONG T HE GROUND ABOUT 20 FEET. HIS CHEST WAS CRUSHED AND HE DIED. EMPLOYEE #2 SHOWED S
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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