OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14482343
MAINTENANCE,BLOCKS,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,DUMP TRUCK,FALLING OBJECT,DUMP TRUCK BED,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by falling truck bed
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was tightening a bolt on a dump truck when he accidentally hit the c able that released the valve to the hydraulic pump. This caused the truck bed to fall, killing him. No measures had been taken to block the dump body.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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