OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14563449
FRACTURE,GARBAGE TRUCK,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,POINT OF OPERATION,TRASH COMPACTOR,ARM
Event description
Employee Caught in Garbage Truck Compactor
Investigation abstract
An employee reached into the rear of a garbage-collection truck to remove a piec e of paper after the compactor had pushed garbage out. He had his left hand near the track on which the compactor rode. Another employee, who was on opposite si de of truck, pulled the lever to retract the compactor inside the truck. This ca used a sudden jerk of about 2 feet, and the compactor caught the first employee' s hand and pulled him into the truck for a distance of about 8 feet. He was hosp italized with multiple fractures to his arm.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 875
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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