OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14499651
CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS
MILWAUKEE, WI·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED TO DEATH BETWEEN A DESK AND TRACTOR
Investigation abstract
AT ABOUT 7:55 PM ON OCTOBER 27, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING AT A SHOP DESK DO ING SOME PAPERWORK. A COWORKER ENTERED A WHITE FREIGHTLINER TRACTOR THAT HE HAD PREVIOUSLY POSITIONED. THE COWORKER STARTED THE TRUCK, WHICH IMMEDIATELY JUMPED FORWARD, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 AND CRUSHING HIM AGAINST THE DESK. HE DIED FROM MA SSIVE INTERNAL INJURIES. THE OPERATOR (COWORKER) ERRED IN: 1. NOT BLOCKING THE T RACTORS WHEELS; 2. NOT FOLLOWING PROPER STARTING PROCEDURES; 3. NOT CHECKING THE SHIFT LEVER POSITION; AND 4. SITTING IN THE TRACTOR SEAT WHEN STARTING IT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 507
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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