OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #607382
DELTA AIRLINES, INC.
ATLANTA, GA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN TRAILER HE WAS RIDING OVERTURNED
Investigation abstract
ON MAY 14, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASSISTING IN THE TRANSFER OF TRASH FROM AIRCRAF T HANGARS. THE EMPLOYEES WERE USING A BORROWED TOW TRACTOR AND A THREE-WHEELED T RAILER. THE TRACTOR HITCH WAS NOT THE SAME HEIGHT AS THE COUPLING ON THE TRAILER . EMPLOYEE #1 WAS RIDING IN OR ON THE DUMPSTER TRAILER WHEN IT OVERTURNED DURING CORNERING. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS THROWN TO THE GROUND. HE DIED OF HIS INJURIES 5 DAYS LATER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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