OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #777946
CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,TRUCK,OFF LOADING,LOADING DOCK,BACKING UP
Event description
Employee crushed and killed between truck and warehouse dock
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was hired to help a truck driver unload his delivery at a warehouse. Employee #1 and the truck driver opened the rear doors of the truck. The driver started backing up. He saw Employee #1 in the left hand mirror, glanced into th e right hand mirror, and backed up until he felt the truck hit the dock cushion. The driver got out and went to the back of the truck and found Employee #1 crus hed to death between the truck and the loading dock.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 883
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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