OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14497143
CHEST,CLEARANCE,ASPHYXIATED,VEHICLE IN GEAR,BRAKE,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BETWEEN,TRUCK,TRACTOR TRAILER,TRUCK DRIVER
Event description
Employee killed when caught between truck cab and trailer
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:30 p.m., Employee #1, an interstate truck driver, arrived at er of the trailer that was parked in the next space. Employee #1 was able to get on his air horn and attract attention, but by the time he was freed, he had die d of asphyxia. Employee #1's chest was squeezed very tightly, but there were no other visible injuries. He weighed 350 lb. a trailer staging area. He dropped off an empty trailer and, after checking wit h the dispatcher, backed under a loaded 48 ft refrigerated trailer. The space be tween the adjoining trailer, normally 2 ft, was apparently tight, so Employee #1 dragged the refrigerated trailer forward 92 in., with the landing gear down. He then got out of his truck and started raising the landing gear under the traile r. Because he had not set the parking brake, Employee #1's rig began to roll bac kward. He attempted to get into his cab to apply the brake, but before he could swing his body inside, he became caught between his cab frame and the front corn
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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