OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #758524
CHOCK,HEAD,BRAKE,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,TRACTOR--TRUCK,RUN OVER,SLOPE
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED WHEN RUN OVER BY TRACTOR TRAILER
Investigation abstract
ON MARCH 22, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE MOVING ROOFING DEBRIS T SSIVE HEAD INJURIES AND DIED. O THE FRONT OF A 1968 TRAILER (LICENSE #IN40618). THE TRAILER WAS ATTACHED TO A 1972 MACK R-600 SEMI-TRACTOR (LICENSE #IN1493K). THE TRACTOR'S PARKING BRAKE WAS SET, BUT THE WHEELS WERE NOT CHOCKED. THE TRACTOR'S RIGHT REAR BRAKES WERE NOT PROPERLY ADJUSTED (TOO LOOSE). AS THE TWO EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING THE TRACTOR TRA ILER SUDDENLY BEGAN TO ROLL DOWN THE GRADUAL (1 TO 10 SLOPE) INCLINE. EMPLOYEE # 1 RAN TO THE FRONT OF THE TRAILER AND JUMPED OVER THE EDGE WHERE THE STEPS WERE LOCATED. THE STEPS WERE COVERED WITH A CANVAS TARP. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL ALONG WITH THE TARP AND WAS RUN OVER BY THE TRACTOR/TRAILER TIRES. EMPLOYEE #1 SUSTAINED MA
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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