OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #571349
REPAIR,PINNED,BROKEN CABLE,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY,TRACTOR TRAILER,FALLING OBJECT,DOOR
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by overhead semi trailer door
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a terminal supervisor, had loaded an over the road semi-trailer (tr lowing the door to fall onto him and kill him. ailer #31291 TNNC reg. #007407#). He pulled the trailer up to the outside of the building, disconnected the tractor, and unsuccessfully attempted to close the t railer door. Employee #1 came inside the building and wrote a note to the termin al manager stating that the trailer was loaded but he could not close the door. At 3:00 a.m., a company driver found him on his back with the 440 lb trailer doo r on his sternum approximately 6 in. below his jaw. It is unknown how long Emplo yee #1 had been pinned. A hammer and pry bar were lying on the ground. It is bel ieved that Employee #1 was attempting to work on the door when a cable broke, al
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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