OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14481717
STOWERS AND SONS TRUCKING INC.
POND GAP, WV·
Event description
Employee crushed and killed beneath wheels of truck
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 parked his 1981 Mack tractor trailer, serial #1M2N179YOB - A074905, on the side of the main roadway and unloaded a gas well drilling tub filled with drill pipes and collars. He then went underneath the vehicle, laying perpendicu lar to the trailer wheels, to unhook the secondary (trailer) air brake line, whi ch had been damaged en route. The operator of the #4 John Deere 850 bulldozer wa s maneuvering behind the unloaded drill tub and did not see Employee #1 under th e tractor trailer. The bulldozer pushed the tractor trailer approximately 5 ft a way from the tub, crushing Employee #1 beneath the vehicle's wheels. He was kill ed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 2
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