OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #673780
HYDRAULIC RAM,GARBAGE TRUCK,HOPPER DOOR,CONFINED SPACE,LOCKOUT,CRUSHED,TRUCK
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BY HYDRAULIC DOOR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TRYING TO FREE A STUCK RAM ON A GARBAGE PACKING TRUCK. HE ENTERE D THE INSIDE OF THE UNIT THROUGH THE TOP HOPPER OPENING. A FELLOW MECHANIC WAS I N THE CAB OF THE TRUCK, OPERATING THE CONTROLS. AS EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE UNIT THE HYDRAULICALLY OPERATED HOPPER DOOR CLOSED ON HIM, CRUSHING HIM
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 518
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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