OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #813816

AIRCRAFT,REPAIR,PINNED,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,FALLING OBJECT

1990-02-22T00:00:00

Event: AIRCRAFT,REPAIR,PINNED,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 813816
Report ID: 552700

Event description

Employee crushed and killed by falling airplane landing gear

Investigation abstract

At approximately 3:03 p.m. on February 22, 1990, Employee #1, a co-pilot, was as sisting in a landing gear repair on a Beechcraft airplane. For an unknown reason , he entered the left main landing gear cavity. The airplane landing gear collap sed and he was trapped and crushed. Employee #1 died.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 28 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
2

Source
1

Occupation code
999

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
2

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