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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #659946

WIRE ROPE,WORK RULES,DUMPSTER,NOSE,HOIST,DUMP TRUCK,STRUCK BY,FACE

Event
WIRE ROPE,WORK RULES,DUMPSTER,NOSE,HOIST,DUMP TRUCK,STRUCK BY,FACE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
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. #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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