OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #689034
MID SEVEN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
ROSEAU, MN·
Event description
STRUCK AND KILLED BY CARGO FALLING OFF SEMITRAILER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND 3 MEN FROM A FARM EQUIPMENT DEALER WERE UNLOADING CARGO FROM A S EMITRAILER. THE HOLD DOWN CHAIN HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM TWO 4 BY 12 FOOT METAL CHI SELPLOW FRAMES, WEIGHING 750 POUNDS APIECE. THE DEALER'S MEN WERE LOOKING AT 2 O THER PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, TRYING TO FIGURE HOE TO LIFT THEM WITH A FORKLIFT. THE 3 MEN HEARD SOME EQUIPMENT FALL AND WENT TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRUCK TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THEY FOUND THE TRUCK DRIVER (EMPLOYEE #1) LYING UNDER THE FRA ME, WITH ONLY HIS FEET STICKING OUT. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE ROSEAU HOSPITAL, WHERE IT WAS DECIDED TO MOVE HIM TO THE GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA HOSPITAL. HE DIED LA TER THAT NIGHT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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