OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #764530

HAND BRAKE,WORK RULES,STARTED IN GEAR,CAUGHT BETWEEN,COLLISION,CRUSHED,TRUCK

1988-08-02T00:00:00

Event: HAND BRAKE,WORK RULES,STARTED IN GEAR,CAUGHT BETWEEN,COLLISION,CRUSHED,TRUCK
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 764530
Report ID: 931200

Event description

Employee crushed to death between two trucks

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a night supervisor for a freight trucking company, was standing bet ween two parked trucks. He was testing keys in one truck when it started and imm ediately moved forward, crushing him between the two trucks. Employee #1 was kil led instantly. Subsequent investigation revealed that the first truck was in gea r and the hand brake was not set. In addition, the front wheels of the first tru ck were turned into the path of the second truck.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 46 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
5

Event type
2

Source
29

Occupation code
999

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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