OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #687608

LOADING,HEAD,WIRE ROPE,BOOM,BROKEN CABLE,TORSO,TRUCK,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,RAM

1988-10-25T00:00:00

Event: LOADING,HEAD,WIRE ROPE,BOOM,BROKEN CABLE,TORSO,TRUCK,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,RAM
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 687608
Report ID: 522300

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling truck tailgate

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was loading equipment into the rear of a vacuum truck. A coke pusher ram, which extended over the drive, struck the boom of the truck. The boom pivo ted and the wire rope cable, which was holding up the truck's tailgate, snapped, causing the tailgate to come down and strike Employee #1. He died of head and u pper body injuries.

Victims (2)

#1 Fatality Age 27 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1
#981 Degree 0 Age 0

Nature of injury
0

Part of body
0

Event type
0

Source
0

Occupation code
0

Human factor
0

Environmental factor
0

Task assigned
0

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