OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #760041
TOM STRABLEY CONCRETE AND MASONRY CO.
RALEIGH, NC·
Event description
Employee killed under tractor's falling hydraulic arm
Investigation abstract
At approximately 8:45 a.m. on March 17, 1989, Employee #1 and coworkers were tra apparently came into contact with the control pedal, causing the arm to descend and catch Employee #1's neck in the pinch point. He was killed. veling to a job site in a company truck that went out of control and slid into a ditch. Employee #1 got into a Toyota Bobcat that the truck had been towing and tried to pull the truck out of the ditch. The Bobcat became stuck in the same di tch. Using the forks attached to the Bobcat, Employee #1 tried to maneuver out o f the ditch. Employee #1 had the hydraulically-operated arm of the Bobcat raised approximately parallel to the ground when he noticed the front right tire was o n a log and unable to get traction. He leaned forward, placing his head between the raised arm and the frame of the Bobcat. When moving, Employee #1's left foot
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 Male
- Nature of injury
- Asphyxia (2)
- Part of body
- NECK (20)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- MOTOR VEHICLE(INDUS) (30)
- Occupation
- Brickmasons and stonemasons apprentices (564)
- Human factor
- POSITION INAPROPRIATE FOR TASK (10)
- Environmental factor
- PINCH POINT ACTION (1)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.