OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14488829
BACK-UP ALARM,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,TRACTOR TRAILER,LOADING DOCK,BACKING UP
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN TRUCK TRAILER AND LOADING DOCK
Investigation abstract
ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1988, AT APPROXIMATELY 4:40 AM, EMPLOYEE #1, A SECURIT Y GUARD, OPENED AN ELECTRICALLY OPERATED OVERHEAD DOOR (#47) TO ALLOW AN EMPTY 4 0 FOOT TRAILER TO PARK AT THE LOADING DOCK. THE TRACTOR TRAILER'S DRIVER BACKED THE TRAILER INTO POSITION INSIDE THE 41 BY 10 FOOT BAY. HE THEN DISCONNECTED THE LIGHTS AND AIR LINES AND DEPARTED. APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES LATER, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FOUND PINNED BETWEEN THE REAR OF THE TRAILER AND THE LOADING DOCK. HE WAS KI LLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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