OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14527352
PIGGYBACK SERVICES OF MS, INC.
JACKSON, MS·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN 2 TRAILERS BEING LOADED ON FLATCAR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ATTEMTING TO RAISE AND LOWER AN "A" FRAME/STANTION ON A TRAILER WHICH HAD BEEN LOADED ONTO A FLATBED RAIL CAR. A SECOND TRAILER, WHICH HAD BEEN BACKED ONTO THE FLATCAR BY THE SPOTTER, SUDDENLY MOVED BACKWARDS WITHOUT WARNING . EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CAUGHT AND CRUSHED TO DEATH BETWEEN THE TWO TRAILERS.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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