OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #768648
MNX INCORPORATED
GRAND PRAIRIE, TX·
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
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#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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