OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14500029
ARROW OLDSMOBILE-GMC, INC.
GREENFIELD, WI·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED WHEN SCRUBBER MACHINE FELL ON HIM
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 11:15 AM ON MAY 17, 1988, A DRIVER FOR THE TARTAN SUPPLY COMPAN BENEATH IT. THE MACHINE WEIGHED 13400 POUNDS AND WAS FREE-WHEELING, UNLESS IT WA S UNDER FORWARD OR REVERSE POWER. THE DRIVER STATED THAT THE POWER (BATTERY) WAS ON, BUT THE CONTROL WAS NOT ENGAGED. Y, INC., ARRIVED AT ARROW OLDS/GMC INC. TO PICK UP A FLOOR SCRUBBER WHICH ARROW HAD RENTED FOR THE WEEKEND. HE LOCATED THE MACHINE AND DROVE IT OUT TO THE PARKI NG LOT WHERE HIS TRUCK WAS PARKED. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD OPERATED THE SCRUBBER FOR ARR OW, AND VOLUNTARILY ACCOMPANIED THE DRIVER TO HIS TRUCK. THE DRIVER ROLLED THE S CRUBBER ONTO THE HYDRAULIC LIFT TRUCK, AND RODE UP WITH IT ABOUT 50 INCHES. WHEN HE REACHED THE TOP, THE MACHINE STARTED TO ROLL TO THE EAST (DRIVER'S) SIDE OF THE GATE. EMPLOYEE #1 MOVED FROM THE BACK OF THE TRUCK TO THE EAST SIDE AND TRIE D TO STOP THE SCRUBBER, WHICH ROLLED AND TIPPED OFF THE LIFT GATE, CRUSHING HIM
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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