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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #768648

THROAT,FRACTURE,ASPHYXIATED,REPAIR,WORK RULES,MECHANIC,CRUSHED,TRACTOR TRAILER,UNTRAINED

Event
THROAT,FRACTURE,ASPHYXIATED,REPAIR,WORK RULES,MECHANIC,CRUSHED,TRACTOR TRAILER,UNTRAINED
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
768648
Report ID
626300

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN CRUSHED UNDER TRUCK CAB

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 HAD JUST COMPLETED MINOR ENGINE REPAIRS ON A 1985 FREIGHTLINER CABOV RAINING AND A DEVIATION FROM PROCEDURES AS PUBLISHED IN THE MANUFACTURER'S MAINT ENANCE SERVICE MANUAL. ER ENGINE TRACTOR. THE CAB WAS IN THE TILT-UP POSITION. THE EMPLOYEE OPENED THE VALVE ON THE BUILT IN JACK TO ALLOW HYDRAULIC PRESSURE TO BLEED OFF AND PERMIT T HE CAB TO SLOWLY DESCEND TO ITS NORMAL POSITION. AS THE CAB DESCENDED, EMPLOYEE #1 REACHED IN TO MAKE A MANUAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CLUTCH OPENING PLATE AND T HE CLUTCH ROD ASSEMBLY. HE POSITIONED HIS HEAD AND BOTH ARMS UNDER THE CAB AND O VER THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. THE CAB CONTINUED TO DESCEND AND PINNED THE EMPLOYEE'S HEAD BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF THE CAB AND THE TOP OF THE TIRE. HE SUFFERED A FRACTU RED LARYNX AND DIED OF ASPHYXIATION. CAUSAL FACTORS INCLUDE A LACK OF EMPLOYEE T

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 26 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    20
    Event type
    2
    Source
    29
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    10
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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