OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14533152
TRAILER MARINE TRANSPORT CORP.
SAN JUAN, PR·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed between vans
Investigation abstract
At approximately 8:30 a.m. on November 12, 1988, Employee #1 was checking the sp ecific van numbers between vans in the hold of M/V Caribe Trader. While he was s tanding there, a "brute" moved backward to hook up a van. The van hit another 35 ft van in the rear. Employee #1's chest was squeezed between the vans and he di ed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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