OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #763656
CRUSHED,TRUCK,FALL,CRANE
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN WIND SHEER POLES FELL FROM TRAILER
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was attempting to position the crane operator into position to off-l oad the windsheet poles. A truck driver for Powell Trucking Company prematurely loosened the bands that hold the poles onto the trailer prior to the crane opera tor unhooking the cables around the poles. When this occurred, the load shifted and fell onto Employee #1 and crushed him to death.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 558
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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