OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14499925
LOADING,FRACTURE,HEAD,WAREHOUSE,FALL,TRACTOR TRAILER
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED BY FALL FROM TRUCK RECEIVING DOCK
Investigation abstract
On March 16, 1989, Employee #1, a warehouse person, had unloaded a semi-trailer ining a skull fracture. Employee #1 died of his injuries on April 25, 1989. truck at the receiving dock. He went to the maintenance department to contact an other employee regarding a possible problem with the dock seal. In the interim, the tractor truck driver arrived and hooked up to the empty semi-trailer truck a nd pulled it up 10 feet. To close the trailer doors, Employee #1 and a coworker returned to the dock area and opened the overhead door. Employee #1 placed one f oot on the trailer & one foot on the dock. The semi-trailer then pulled away fro m the dock, leaving Employee #1 straddling the truck and dock. He lost his balan ce and fell to concrete ramp 47 inches below. Employee #1 struck his head, susta
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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