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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14487979

Accident Summary #14487979

Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14487979
Report ID
215000

Event description

Employee crushed by trailer

Investigation abstract

On December 7, 2006, an employee was loading bass of asbestos debris into an 8ft x28ft, semi-trailer when it started rocking back and forth. The employee tried b racing the front of the trailer with some material and while he was under the tr ailer, it tipped forward crushing him under the fifth wheel pin. The front stabi lizer less was not set and when the loading in front got heavy enough it tipped the trailer forward like a seesaw.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 27 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    2
    Source
    29
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    2

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