OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14504401
WORK RULES,CRUSHED,TRUCK,TRAILER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN TRAILER'S WHEELS AND FRAME
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING BY TO ASSIST ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHO WAS LEVELING A "PUP", WHICH WAS TO BE HOOKED BEHIND A 40 FOOT SEMI-TRAILER. THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS BACK ING UP SLOWLY TO THE HOOK-UP POSITION. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ON THE RIGHT SIDE, WATCHI NG THE OTHER EMPLOYEE (ON THE LEFT SIDE) AS HE WORKED A CRANK TO LEVEL THE PUP. FOR SOME REASON, EMPLOYEE #1 MOVED BETWEEN THE TRAILER AND PUP. HE WAS STRUCK AN D CRUSHED TO DEATH BEFORE THE DRIVER COULD STOP. THERE WAS NO APPARENT REASON FO R EMPLOYEE #1'S ACTIONS. HE HAD MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE DOING AND SUPERVISING T HIS TYPE OF WORK. THE TRUCK WAS CHECKED OUT AND FOUND TO BE IN GOOD WORKING COND ITION.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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