OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #777607
PACIFIC STATES TRANSPORT
SALT LAKE CITY, UT·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY FALLING CULTIVATOR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS UNLOADING FARM IMPLEMENTS FROM A FLAT BED RAIL CAR. HE HAD PUT T HE FORKS OF A FORKLIFT INTO THE METAL SHIPPING SKIDS THAT WERE UNDER A CULTIVATO R. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ON THE FLAT BED, USING A CUTTING TORCH TO CUT THE SHIPPING W IRES. AFTER THE WIRE THAT HELD THE SHIPPING SKID TO THE RAIL CAR WAS CUT, THE CU LTIVATOR TIPPED OFF OF THE SHIPPING SKID AND FELL ONTO EMPLOYEE #1. THE EMPLOYEE WAS FOUND, UNDER THE CULTIVATOR, BY A COMPANY TRUCK DRIVER. THE CULTIVATOR HAD BEEN SHIPPED STANDING ON ITS SIDE. THE CULTIVATOR WAS BOLTED TO THE SHIPPING SKI DS BY TWO Y-BOLTS. THE Y-BOLTS WERE STILL ON THE CULTIVATOR BUT THE NUTS HAD APP ARENTLY COME OFF DURING SHIPMENT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 52 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 883
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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