OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14505184
DELIVERY WORK,UNSECURED,PINNED,CRUSHED,TRUCK,DUMP TRUCK,FALLING OBJECT
Event description
Employee dies after being crushed by dump truck bed
Investigation abstract
On February 28, 1986, Employee #1 delivered a load of framing lumber. He dumped the load of lumber, pulled the truck away from the load with the bed raised, and stopped the truck. He got out to have the delivery ticket signed and then went back to the truck. Employees heard a moan and saw Employee #1 pinned between the bed and the frame of the truck. He was taken to St. John Regional Medical Cente r where he died at 7:00 p.m. on March 16, 1986.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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