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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14488829

BACK-UP ALARM,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,TRACTOR TRAILER,LOADING DOCK,BACKING UP

Event
BACK-UP ALARM,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,TRACTOR TRAILER,LOADING DOCK,BACKING UP
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14488829
Report ID
215000

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

  1. #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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