OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #802843
VEHICLE IN GEAR,BRAKE,VEHICLE,PINNED,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BETWEEN,COLLISION,TRUCK,OFF LOADING,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee killed when pinned between van and truck
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was removing parts from the rear of a van. The driver of the van tho ught he had put it in park but he had actually put it in reverse. When the drive r got out to assist the employee, he stepped on the gas pedal, sending the vehic le backward. Employee #1 was pinned between the van and another truck parked beh ind the van. He sustained fatal head injuries.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 805
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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