OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14500136
C & L INDUSTRIAL CLEANERS, INC.
KENOSHA, WI·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN TAIL GATE AND TRUCK BODY
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 2 PM ON DECEMBER 8, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO ACTIVAT E A "STUCK" ELECTRIC/HYDRAULIC TAIL GATE LIFT, LOCATED AT THE REAR OF AN ENCLOSE D STAKE BODY TRUCK. THE EMPLOYEE WAS FOUND WITH HIS HEAD CRUSHED BETWEEN THE ASC ENDING TAILGATE AND THE TRUCK BODY. THERE WERE NO EYEWITNESSES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 64 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 507
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 2
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