OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #818070
KNEE,TANK TRUCK,AGRICULTURE,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,FLATBED TRUCK,LOST CONTROL,CONTUSION,TRUCK DRIVER
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 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 15
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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