OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #692939
CARTER-BELL CORPORATION
CHESAPEAKE, VA·
Event description
Employee killed when caught between trailer and loader
Investigation abstract
At approximately 9:00 a.m. on January 29, 1986, Employee #1 was standing between a supply trailer and a rubber-tired front end loader. He was loading a water pu mp into the bucket of the loader when another coworker got into the loader and k nocked it into gear. Employee #1 was caught in the abdomen between the trailer a nd edge of the bucket and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 2
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