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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #672022

CHEST,SUFFOCATED,CRUSHED,TRUCK,DUMP TRUCK,STRUCK BY,UNSTABLE LOAD

Event
CHEST,SUFFOCATED,CRUSHED,TRUCK,DUMP TRUCK,STRUCK BY,UNSTABLE LOAD
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
672022
Report ID
551800

Event description

DUMP TRUCK FELL ONTO ANOTHER TRUCK CAB, KILLING DRIVER

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 11 AM ON FEBRUARY 26, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 HAD FINISHED DUMPING HI EE #1'S TRUCK. THE TRUCK CAB WAS CRUSHED. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED OF CHEST INJURIES AND SUFFOCATION. S FIRST LOAD OF HAZARDOUS WASTE AT THE LANDFILL. HE LEFT TO GET ANOTHER LOAD. WH ILE HE WAS GONE ANOTHER TRUCK ARRIVED WITH A LOAD OF WASTE. THE DRIVER OF THE SE COND TRUCK HAD TO GET OUT OF THE TRUCK CAB TO DUMP HIS LOAD. EMPLOYEE #1 RETURNE D TO THE DUMP WITH ANOTHER LOAD. AS HE DID NOT HAVE TO GET OUT OF HIS TRUCK, HE WAS ABLE TO BEGIN DUMPING QUICKER THAN THE OTHER DRIVER. THE RESULT WAS THAT THE TWO TRUCKS BEGAN DUMPING AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME. THE SECOND TRUCK HAD SOME FROZ EN MATERIAL IN THE BED, AND THE LOAD FAILED TO DUMP IMMEDIATELY. WHEN THE BED RE ACHED AN ANGLE OF 70 TO 80 DEGREES, THE TRUCK TIPPED OVER ONTO THE CAB OF EMPLOY

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 37 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    6
    Event type
    1
    Source
    30
    Occupation code
    804
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1

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