OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14505929
ROBERTS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
IDALIA, CO·
Event description
Employee killed when head strikes truck cab wheel
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was a member of a crew that was setting up an asphalt plant for a ro gear in neutral and the emergency brake engaged. Employee #1 was hooking the tra iler to the loader when he lost his balance and fell backward. He did not fall o ff the nose platform, but his head struck the fifth wheel of the truck cab. Empl oyee #1 suffered a concussion and was killed. ad paving job. One part of the asphalt plant was the cold bin feed, consisting o f three large bins on a truck trailer. After the trailer was disconnected from t he truck cab, a laborer drove the cab out until the fifth cab wheel was exposed. He then parked the cab and set the emergency brake. Employee #1 got on the nose of the trailer, about 3 1/2 ft off the ground, to feed 3/4 in. chain through th e lifting eyes on the nose. The chain would connect the trailer to a loader, whi ch would lift the front end of the trailer about 1 ft off the ground to extend t he trailer's legs. The loader was parked on the south side of the nose with its
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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