OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14563142
CENTRAL TRUCK EQUIPMENT, INC.
HICKSVILLE, NY·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN PARKED TRUCK AND BACKING TRUCK
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 11:50 AM ON FEBRUARY 13, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE AD SUFFICIENT WARNING TO BE ABLE TO DUCK OUT OF HARM'S WAY. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS FACING THE OTHER DIRECTION AND RECEIVED NO WARNING, WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN THE TWO TRUCKS. HE DIED 2 1/2 HOURS LATER, IN THE HOSPITAL, OF A LACERATED LIVER. WERE WALKING BETWEEN TWO TRUCKS PARKED IN THE TRUCK BAY. THE TWO TRUCKS WERE PA RKED BACK TO BACK AND ABOUT 2 FEET APART. THE TWO EMPLOYEES STOPPED WHILE BETWEE N THE TRUCKS TO TALK. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FACING THE FLATBED TRUCK LOCATED TOWARD TH E PAINT-SPRAYING END OF THE BAY. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS FACING THE OTHER TRUCK, WHICH WAS EQUIPPED WITH A LIFT GATE. THE TRUCK WITH THE LIFT GATE FACED THE BAY DOOR, AND WAS BEING STARTED TO BE DRIVEN OUT OF THE BAY. THE TRUCK WAS APPARENTL Y STARTED WHILE IN REVERSE GEAR, WITH THE PARKING BRAKE SET. WHEN THE OPERATOR R ELEASED THE BRAKE, THE TRUCK LURCHED BACKWARDS. THE EMPLOYEE FACING THIS TRUCK H
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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