OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #594242
WARRIOR TRACTOR AND EQUIPMENT COMPANY
SCOOBA, MS·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by heavy equipment
Investigation abstract
At approximately 12:40 p.m. on September 12, 1988, Employee #1 was attempting to pery from the rain. Evidently, the machine was not centered on the trailer and i t slipped off and fell 32 in. to the roadbed. The machine rolled into a ditch th at was approximately 36 in. deep, causing the cab to crash toward the boom. Empl oyee #1 was crushed in the cab between the ground and the boom. He sustained mas sive internal injuries and died on the scene. load a Prentice RT-600B hydraulic knuckle boom machine onto a Pitts 50 ton lowb oy trailer by backing the machine up the ramps on the lowboy trailer. According to witnesses, the machine had just come through a 10 to 15 minute rain shower an d was not running very well. Employee #1 was alone in the machine's cab with no one in the vicinity to give him directions or signals as he backed up. The lowbo y trailer was 8 ft 6 in.; the width of the outside tire track was 8 ft 9 in.; an d the width of the inside tire track was 5 ft 1 in. Employee #1 evidently accele rated the machine up the ramp and onto the trailer's bed, which was wet and slip
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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