OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #758177
BRADBURY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INC
FORT WAYNE, IN·
Event description
Truck driver killed crushed between frame and dump truck bed
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a laborer were told to take a one ton Dodge dump truck, IN licen , without warning, the bed came down. He died instantly of a crushed chest. Caus al factors contributing to the dump bed falling included not having a latch or o ther device on the operating levers and not having a safety bar to prevent accid ental lowering of the dump bed. se #17929B, to a job site and dump a load of sand that had been on the truck for approximately three months. The wet and frozen sand weighed approximately one t on. The truck's carrying capacity was 5,000 lb. After arriving at the job site, the laborer jumped out of the truck and directed Employee #1 to back to a gravel pit where the sand was to be dumped. The laborer stood behind the truck while t he bed was raised approximately 3/4 of the way or further, but the sand did not dump. Employee #1 was told by a foreman at the job site that he would have to sh ovel the sand. The foreman walked away and Employee #1 got out of the truck when
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 503
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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