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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14503882

GIN POLE,DERRICK TRUCK,TRUCK,OIL WELL SERVICING,STRUCK BY,OVERTURN

Event
GIN POLE,DERRICK TRUCK,TRUCK,OIL WELL SERVICING,STRUCK BY,OVERTURN
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14503882
Report ID
729700

Event description

Employee killed when winch truck overturns

Investigation abstract

A winch truck overturned while it was being used to unload another truck from a lowboy trailer. The winch truck's gin poles struck Employee #1, killing him.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 23 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    6
    Source
    29
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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