OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #659946

LAIDLAW WASTE SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED

CHARLESTOWN, MA· 1988-02-19T05:30:00

Event: WIRE ROPE, WORK RULES, DUMPSTER, NOSE, HOIST, DUMP TRUCK, STRUCK BY, FACE
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #102922523
Employer profile: LAIDLAW WASTE SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED
Summary number: 659946
Report ID: 111400

Event description

EMPLOYEE INJURED AND LATER DIED FROM HIT BY CABLE HOOK

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 5:30 AM ON FEBRUARY 19, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS "JOGGING" AN 8 CU BIC FOOT DUMPSTER TO ALIGN IT WITH THE HOPPER OF HIS REAR LOADING DUMP TRUCK. AS POWER WAS APPLIED TO THE CABLE HOIST, THE HOOK DISENGAGED FROM THE DUMPSTER. TH E HOOK STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE FACE AND BROKE HIS NOSE. HE RETURNED TO WORK AP PROXIMATELY FOUR WEEKS AFTER THE ACCIDENT. ON APRIL 2ND OF THE SAME YEAR EMPLOYE E #1 SUFFERED A STROKE. HE DIED A WEEK LATER. ACCORDING TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER, HE DIED AS A RESULT OF SEVERE HEAD TRAUMA. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BEEN A WASTE SYSTEMS TRUCK DRIVER FOR 2 YEARS.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 27 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
18

Environmental factor
5

Task assigned
1

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