OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14495261

HEAD,SIGNALMAN,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,TRACTOR TRAILER,COMMUNICATION,BACKING UP,INATTENTION

1984-11-07T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,SIGNALMAN,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,TRACTOR TRAILER,COMMUNICATION,BACKING UP,INATTENTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14495261
Report ID: 627700

Event description

Employee killed when head caught between trailer and wall

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was directing a tractor trailer truck that was backing up to a loadi ng dock. As the trailer neared the dock, Employee #1 stuck his head between the wall of the trailer and the outer wall of the loading dock to signal the truck d river to stop. He was killed when his head was crushed between the two walls.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 29 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
2

Source
29

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
4

Hazardous substance
8880

Task assigned
1

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