OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #659946
WIRE ROPE,WORK RULES,DUMPSTER,NOSE,HOIST,DUMP TRUCK,STRUCK BY,FACE
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
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#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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