OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #824920
GARBAGE TRUCK,WORK RULES,CLEANING,CAUGHT BETWEEN,COMMUNICATION
Event description
Employee killed between trash truck packer panel and truck
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker, who were involved in a trash collection operation, w ere cleaning the trash truck body. To do so, they had to climb onto the sides of the truck body, one on each side. The coworker on the right side of the truck d escended and went to the left side to speak with Employee #1. He then returned t o the right side and continued to clean the truck body. He had two additional ba gs to load and, thinking that Employee #1 had left to collect additional trash, the coworker activated the packer panel to return it to the front of the trash t ruck body. Employee #1 was caught between the packer panel and the truck body an d killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 875
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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