OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #722140
WESTERN FRUIT EXPRESS CO. INC.
CICERO, IL·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT BETWEEN TRACTOR AND TRAILER AND CRUSHED
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was inscribing inspection data on the front of a new trailer when th e truck-tractor assigned to pick up the trailer backed into him. Employee #1 was pushed under the trailer and lodged between the tractor's fifth wheel and the h itching attachment of the trailer. Employee #1 was crushed to death.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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