OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #743112
COLLAPSE,CONCRETE TRUCK,TRENCH,SPRAIN,ANKLE,TRUCK DRIVER
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN TRUCK TIPPED OVER IN TRENCH COLLAPSE
Investigation abstract
At 1:25 p.m. on November 7, 1989, Employee #1, the driver of a cement truck, pul led up in front of the trench. He was told by a laborer of the general vicinity to locate the truck for the pour. Without waiting for a ground guide, Employee # 1 drove the truck approximately one foot from the side of the trench. The weight of the truck and its load caved in the sides of the trench and caused the truck to tip over on its side. Employee #1 sustained a sprained ankle and the truck h ad over ten thousand dollars in damage.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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