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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #751024

CRUSHED,BULLDOZER,BURIED,INATTENTION,TRUCK DRIVER

Event
CRUSHED,BULLDOZER,BURIED,INATTENTION,TRUCK DRIVER
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
751024
Report ID
933300

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)

  1. #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
  2. #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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