OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14478366
FRACTURE,HEAD,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,TRACTOR TRAILER,LOADING DOCK,BACKING UP
Event description
Employee killed when head crushed against loading platform
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was watching a tractor trailer back up to a loading platform. At the very last moment he put his head between the wall of the platform and the back of the truck. He sustained fatal crushing injuries to his head.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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