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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #782862

ASPHYXIATED,TRUCK,TRACTOR,CART

Event
ASPHYXIATED,TRUCK,TRACTOR,CART
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
782862
Report ID
452110

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN CART CRASHES INTO TRUCK CHASSIS

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was driving a cart to do a security inspection of his employers' pro perty. Employee #1 lost control of the cart and struck a truck chassis on the pr operty. The cart slid under the truck chassis and the truck chassis destroyed th e windshield of the cart, hit the employee and pinned him to the back seat cutti ng off his air supply. Employee #1 died of asphyxiation.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 65 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    20
    Event type
    6
    Source
    30
    Occupation code
    426
    Human factor
    12
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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