OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14511679
TRINITY ENGINEERING TESTING CORP.
AUSTIN, TX·
Event description
CRUSHED BETWEEN TWO TRUCKS
Investigation abstract
ON JUNE 2, 1986, AT APPROXIMATELY 9 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 AND TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE THE SUPERVISOR BACKED UP TO GET SOME SLACK. THIS WAS DONE. EMPLOYEE #1 WENT TOWA RD THE FRONT OF THE STUCK DRILL RIG TRUCK AS THE SUPERVISOR, IN THE WATER TRUCK, ATTEMPTED TO GO FORWARD TO REPOSITION THE WATER TRUCK. THE ENGINE IMMEDIATELY D IED. AS THE SUPERVISOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE ENGINE, THE WATER TRUCK ROL LED BACKWARDS DOWN THE INCLINE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CRUSHED, IN THE PELVIC AREA, BET WEEN THE BACK OF THE WATER TRUCK AND THE FRONT OF THE DRILLING RIG TRUCK. WORKING AS THE CREW OF A FOUNDATION CORE DRILLING UNIT. THEY WERE USING TWO TRU CKS; ONE FOR THE DRILLING RIG AND ONE WITH A WATER TANK FOR THE WATER TRUCK. THE Y HAD FINISHED CORING AND WERE MOVING THE TRUCKS BACK TO THE YARD. THE DRILLING RIG TRUCK BECAME STUCK IN A MUDDY FIELD. EMPLOYEE #1, THE DRIVER OF THE WATER TR UCK, ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE DRILLING RIG TRUCK OUT OF THE MUD. THIS ATTEMPT FAILE D AS THE WATER TRUCK WHEELS SPUN. THE SUPERVISOR TOLD EMPLOYEE #1 TO GET OUT OF THE WATER TRUCK SO HE (THE SUPERVISOR) COULD REPOSITION THE WATER TRUCK AND MAKE ANOTHER ATTEMPT. THE SUPERVISOR TOLD EMPLOYEE #1 TO UNHOOK THE TOW CABLE AFTER
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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