OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #722413
CLEARING DISPOSAL INC.
WESTERNSPRINGS, IL·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN CRUSHED BY GARBAGE TRUCK
Investigation abstract
An employee was standing in a driveway. A garbage truck began to back into the d riveway and the employee jumped between the truck and the dumpster to grab a cha in. The employee was crushed between the truck and dumpster, and killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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