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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #775429

HEAD,CONSTRUCTION,TRUCK,DUMP TRUCK,PIT,INATTENTION,OVERTURN,TRUCK DRIVER,UNSTABLE LOAD

Event
HEAD,CONSTRUCTION,TRUCK,DUMP TRUCK,PIT,INATTENTION,OVERTURN,TRUCK DRIVER,UNSTABLE LOAD
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
775429
Report ID
627700

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED FROM TRUCK OVERTURN

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER WORKER WERE IN THE PROCESS OF HAULING SPENT CATALYST TO EMPLOYEE #1 SUSTAINED FATAL HEAD INJURIES. THE DISPOSAL PIT, 30 FEET IN DIAMETER BY 16 FEET DEEP, AT TOTAL REFINERY. THE OT HER EMPLOYEE GOT OUT OF THE 1972 10-WHEEL INTERNATIONAL VACTOR SEWER TRUCK, #257 911C079731 (MODIFIED BY THE COMPANY TO HANDLE DRY BULK), TO OPERATE THE DUMP BED LEVERS. THE TRUCK DRIVER, EMPLOYEE #1, REMAINED INSIDE THE CAB. THE OTHER EMPLO YEE REMOVED THE SAFETY LATCH AND SET OUT THE SCOTCH BLOCK. HE THEN BEGAN TO OPER ATE THE LEVER TO RAISE THE BACK END PRIOR TO OPENING THE TAILGATE. THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK BEGAN TO BOUNCE UP AND DOWN. HE IMMEDIATELY TRIED TO LOWER THE BED BUT COULD NOT. BY THIS TIME THE TRUCK HAD TIPPED COMPLETELY OVER INTO THE PIT.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 29 M

    Nature of injury
    6
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    1
    Source
    30
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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