OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #734517
TOWN OF CITY VIEW (SANITATION DEPT.)
CITY VIEW, SC·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL BENEATH GARBAGE TRUCK WHEELS; CRUSHED TO DEATH
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WALKING BACKWARDS, PULLING TWO GARBAGE CARTS, BETWEEN A WALL AND A MOVING GARBAGE TRUCK. HE FELL BENEATH THE WHEELS OF THE TRUCK, RECEIVING FATA L CRUSHING INJURIES TO THE UPPER PART OF HIS BODY. THE GARBAGE TRUCK WAS A 1980 FORD PACKER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 26
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 888
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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