OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #675942
WILLIAM C REMIOR & MARTHA N REMIOR
YAMHILL, OR·
Event description
Employee injured in fall from pickup truck
Investigation abstract
At approximately 1:30 p.m., Employee #1 and two coworkers were returning to a fa rm in a Ford pickup truck that was fully loaded with flattened sheets of salvage d cardboard. To unload the unit, Employee #1 chose to ride on top of the load, w hich extended to within approximately three inches of the top of the sideboards and tailgate extension. As the truck traveled north down a paved roadway, the wi nd caught the leading edges of the cardboard, displacing the top layers. Employe e #1 fell to the paved surface and was hospitalized with serious injuries.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 479
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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