OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #884478
EVERGREEN EXPRESS WEST
LAS VEGAS, NV·
Event description
Employee killed when head caught in cargo door
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 had secured the open cargo door to the side of an aircraft. When the wind caught and jerked the door, the hook was stressed and stretched. The hook released the securing chain, allowing the door to swing shut, catching Employee #1's head between the door and door jamb on the aircraft. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 Male
- Nature of injury
- Fracture (12)
- Part of body
- HEAD (13)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- AIRCRAFT (1)
- Occupation
- Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c. (883)
- Human factor
- OTHER (14)
- Environmental factor
- PINCH POINT ACTION (1)
- 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.