OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #852178
ASPHYXIATED,CRUSHED,DUMP TRUCK
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN CRUSHED BY TRUCK BED
Investigation abstract
An employee was sitting in the cab of a dump truck emptying a load of stone. The hoisting mechanism of the truck bed malfunctioned and crushed the cab, killing the employee.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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