OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14498620
THE WESTERN COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICAN
LIBERTY, TX·
Event description
EMPLOYEE RUN OVER BY TRACTOR TRAILER; STARTED IN GEAR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE MAKING REPAIRS TO A CAB-OVER TRACTOR UNIT CRASHED THROUGH THE BAY DOOR INTO THE SHOP, WHERE EMPLOYEE #1 WAS RELEASED AND F ELL TO THE SHOP FLOOR. THE TRACTOR'S LEFT SIDE DRIVER WHEEL RAN OVER EMPLOYEE #1 'S LEGS AND PELVIS. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS ABLE TO GRAB EMPLOYEE #1 AND PULL HIM OUT OF THE PATH OF THE REAR DUALS. ANOTHER MECHANIC RAN TO THE CURB SIDE OF THE UNIT AND WAS ABLE TO PULL THE KILL CABLE. THE MACHINE STOPPED ABOUT 18 INCHES F ROM THE SHOP'S WEST WALL. IT HAD TRAVELLED APPROXIMATELY 70 FEET FROM ITS ORIGIN AL POSITION. EMPLOYEE #1 RECEIVED A BROKEN LEG, BROKEN PELVIC BONE, SEVERE LACER ATIONS ON HIS ARMS AND UNKNOWN INTERNAL INJURIES. THE EMPLOYEE WAS RUN OVER ON F EBRUARY 27, 1986, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:40 AM, AND DIED ON MARCH 14, 1986. . THEY HAD RAISED THE CAB AND WERE READY TO BLEED THE AIR FROM THE POWER STEERIN G UNIT. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE, STANDING ON THE LEFT FRONT TIRE, REACHED INTO THE CA B TO START THE ENGINE. WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED, THE TRUCK LURCHED FORWARD, THROW ING THE OTHER EMPLOYEE FORWARD ALSO. AS THE TRUCK SLOWLY MOVED, IN GEAR, TOWARD A CLOSED BAY DOOR, EMPLOYEE #1 GRABBED THE OTHER EMPLOYEE AND PULLED HIM AWAY FR OM THE TRUCK TO SAFETY. EMPLOYEE #1 THEN REACHED INTO THE MOVING TRUCK TO GRAB T HE KILL-CABLE. HIS WORK SHIRT SOMEHOW BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE ENGINE, AND THE FR ONT WHEEL KNOCKED HIM OFF HIS FEET. DRAGGING EMPLOYEE #1, THE CEMENT BULK TRUCK
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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