OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #764191
EDWARD MORRIS
VICTORVILLE, CA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY "A" FRAME OF WRECKER TRUCK
Investigation abstract
ON AUGUST 27, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WITH TWO OTHER MEN REMOVING SOME ABANDONED J UNK CARS FROM A PRIVATE PROPERTY. A 1936 FORD TRUCK (2 1/2 TON CAPACITY) WITH AN "A" FRAME ATTACHED TO THE BODY OF THE TRUCK WAS TOWING A CAR. THE TRUCK TIPPED OVER TO THE LEFT WHEN THE REAR LEFT TIRE DROPPED INTO A SMALL HOLE. AS THE EMPLO YEES WERE ATTEMPTING TO RIGHT THE TRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY THE "A" FRAME.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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