OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #818070
CALLERY-JUDGE GROVE
LOXAHATCHEE, FL·
Event description
One employee killed, one bruised between two trucks
Investigation abstract
A tanker truck was backed in and parked perpendicular to a flatbed truck. Employ ees #1 and #2 were filling gallon buckets with pesticides from the flatbed truck . These buckets were passed up to the driver of the tanker truck to pour into th e tank. The driver reached over and pulled the throttle on the truck to engage t he pump, which fills the tank with water. When the throttle was pulled the truck rolled backward, crushing Employees #1 and #2 between the two trucks. Employee #1 was crushed and killed. Employee #2 suffered a bruised knee.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 62 Male
- Nature of injury
- Bruise/Contus/Abras (3)
- Part of body
- ABDOMEN (1)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- MOTOR VEHICLE(INDUS) (30)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MATER-HANDLG PROCED. INAPPROPR (11)
- Environmental factor
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQUIP./METHOD (8)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 58 Male
- Nature of injury
- Bruise/Contus/Abras (3)
- Part of body
- KNEE(S) (15)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- MOTOR VEHICLE(INDUS) (30)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MATER-HANDLG PROCED. INAPPROPR (11)
- Environmental factor
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQUIP./METHOD (8)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.