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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14489264

DUMPSTER,TRASH COMPACTOR,WORKPLACE VIOLENCE

Event
DUMPSTER,TRASH COMPACTOR,WORKPLACE VIOLENCE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14489264
Report ID
215000

Event description

Employee murdered then dumped in garbage compactor

Investigation abstract

Employee #1's body was found in a garbage compactor. Because of the mutilation o f the body, the detectives of the Port Authority have determined that Employee # 1 was murdered and his body then thrown in the compactor.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 48 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    31
    Event type
    14
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    2

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