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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14519995

BRAKE,UNSECURED,CRUSHED,TRUCK,NECK,STRUCK BY,PAINTER

Event
BRAKE,UNSECURED,CRUSHED,TRUCK,NECK,STRUCK BY,PAINTER
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14519995
Report ID
625700

Event description

EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN TWO TRUCKS

Investigation abstract

ON OCTOBER 31, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS AT THE COMPANY YARD, SANDBLASTING AND PAINT ING COMPANY TRUCK #2859. ANOTHER COMPANY VEHICLE, A REFRIGERATED NITROGEN TRUCK, WAS PARKED ABOUT 12 FEET TO THE SIDE OF THE AREA IN WHICH EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKI NG. HE FINISHED SANDBLASTING AND BEGAN PAINTING. HE WAS BENT OVER PAINTING A PAR T OF THE TRUCK WHEN THE NITROGEN TRUCK SUDDENLY ROLLED BACKWARDS, PINNING THE EM PLOYEE BETWEEN THE REAR BUMPER OF THE NITROGEN TRUCK AND A STRUCTURAL MEMBER OF TRUCK #2859. HE WAS KILLED WHEN HIS NECK WAS CRUSHED. THERE WERE NO EYEWITNESSES .

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 33 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    20
    Event type
    2
    Source
    29
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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