OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #751024
CRUSHED,BULLDOZER,BURIED,INATTENTION,TRUCK DRIVER
Event description
Employee crushed and killed by pile of refuse
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, an employee of E.J. Harrison Bros., was assisting in the dumping of garbage at the Santa Clara, CA landfill. After his truck was dumped and pulled out of the landfill, Employee #1 did not stay with his truck. The bulldozer move d into the area where Employee #1 was located to level the pile of garbage, and buried Employee #1 under the refuse. He was killed.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 8
- 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
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