OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14483424

HEAD,BRAKE,VEHICLE,PINNED,WORK RULES,STRUCK BY,UNMANNED

1988-03-24T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,BRAKE,VEHICLE,PINNED,WORK RULES,STRUCK BY,UNMANNED
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14483424
Report ID: 213100

Event description

Employee killed when pinned between electric car and post

Investigation abstract

At approximately 2:00 p.m. on March 24, 1988, Employee #1 drove a Cushman batter y-powered electric car up a ramp onto the loading level of building #59. He dism ounted and was bent over directly in front of the car when the vehicle apparentl y moved forward, pushing him into a nearby rigid structure. Employee #1 sustaine d serious head injuries and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 44 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
13

Event type
2

Source
30

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
1

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