OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14520910
3 D REPAIR
GRANITE CITY, IL·
Event description
Employee killed when run over by truck and trailer
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was changing a tire on the rear right side of a truck weighing 30,00 t the wheel would not wobble when the truck was driven. 0 lb. There was a 42 ft trailer connected to the truck with a load of steel weig hing 35,000 lb. The bay area was level where the truck was parked, but there was a 6 in. drop in elevation outside the bay door for at least 30 ft. Employee #1 had finished his work and was putting his tools away when the truck started to r oll backward over his left leg and pelvic area. Employee #1 died while at the ho spital. The truck and trailer, moving at 5 mph, rolled approximately 70 ft befor e a coworker could stop it. Employee #1 had released the brakes on the truck pri or to finishing his work so he could spin the wheel to match up the valve so tha
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 23
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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