OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14516371

FRACTURE,GLOVE,HEART ATTACK,WORK RULES,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,TRAILER TRUCK,FALL,SLIPPERY SURFACE,VERTEBRA

1987-03-11T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE,GLOVE,HEART ATTACK,WORK RULES,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,TRAILER TRUCK,FALL,SLIPPERY SURFACE,VERTEBRA
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14516371
Report ID: 420600

Event description

Employee dies after fall from top of truck trailer

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a truck driver, was pulling a tarpaulin over a load of gravel. His gloved hands slipped off the tarp and he fell 8 ft 8 in. from the top of his 197 9 Mack truck trailer. He landed on the ground, injuring his back. Employee #1 wa s operated on 6 days later to repair a fractured vertebra and died the following day of a heart attack.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 46 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
3

Event type
5

Source
29

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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