OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14481022
COUNTY CONCRETE CORP
MORRISTOWN, NJ·
Event description
Employee crushed and killed by concrete truck
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was operating a loaded 1985 Mack Econoline ready-mix concrete truck, NJ registration X-51-6 FB. He did not deliver the concrete to the job site, but instead went to the wash-out pit adjacent to the ready-mix concrete operation. Employee #1 was crushed by the concrete truck, suffering a traumatic fracture of the skull and avulsion of the brain, a ruptured aorta and pulmonary artery, and multiple fractures. There were no witnesses to the accident and the cause was n ot determined. Employee #1 had been in a state of severe depression.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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