OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #722314
COMMAND BUILDERS
CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL·
Event description
Employee killed, crushed between dump truck body and frame
Investigation abstract
An employee was operating a dump truck to deliver stone. After making the delive ry, the employee was apparently unable to lower to dump body back to its origina l position. The employee got out of the cab and went under the elevated dump bod y with a crowbar, apparently trying to manually operate the hydraulic valve to l ower the dump body. The dump body fell and crushed the employee's head between t he dump body and the frame of the truck and was killed. The employee had not bee n properly trained, nor had the dump body props been used, which are required to be installed on the vehicle.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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#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
-
#982 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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