OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14500433
ACCELERATOR PEDAL,BRAKE,EQUIPMENT OPERATOR,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,STRUCK BY
Event description
EMPLOYEES FATALLY CRUSHED BY INDUSTRIAL TOW TRACTOR
Investigation abstract
An employee was backing an industrial tow tractor into its normal parking space, which was about 3 meters directly east of a table where two employees were eati ng lunch. There was no barricade or other protection for the table area. The tru ck operator's foot hit both the brake and accelerator pedals, and he backed the industrial truck into the table with uncontrolled speed. Both employees at the t able were fatally crushed between the edge of the table and the concrete block w all behind them. The tow tractor was not defective, but the foot brake would not hold the vehicle while the accelerator was also pressed.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 64 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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