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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14531982

BACK-UP ALARM,FRACTURE,SACROILIAC,SPLEEN,PELVIS,STRUCK BY,TRACTOR TRAILER,KIDNEY,ANKLE,BACKING UP

Event
BACK-UP ALARM,FRACTURE,SACROILIAC,SPLEEN,PELVIS,STRUCK BY,TRACTOR TRAILER,KIDNEY,ANKLE,BACKING UP
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14531982
Report ID
1032100

Event description

STRUCK BY BACKING TRACTOR TRAILER

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING BETWEEN LANE G AND LANE I, AIDING IN THE BACKING OF A T RACTOR TRAILER. THE TRACTOR TRAILER WAS BEING BACKED INTO IT'S SLOT IN LANE I. A NOTHER TRACTOR TRAILER, LOCATED IN LANE G, BACKED UP AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1. HE SUFFERED A LACERATED KIDNEY AND SPLEEN, INTERNAL INJURIES, A FRACTURED PELVIS, D ISLOCATED SACROILIAC AND TISSUE DAMAGE TO HIS ANKLE.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 34 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    1
    Source
    29
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    20
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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