OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #954537
LARRY SIMMS TRUCKING CO.
PORTSMOUTH, VA·
Event description
Employee killed when run over by tractor trailer
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:30 a.m. on May 19, 1989, Employee #1, a company owner, was l oading freight onto his tractor-trailer rig when the trailer began to move. He a ttempted to stop the trailer but fell under its wheels. His head was crushed and he was killed instantly.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- HEAD (13)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- MOTOR VEHICLE (HWY) (29)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- SAFETY DEVICES REMOVED/INOPER. (9)
- Environmental factor
- WORK-SURFACE/FACIL-LAYOUT COND (13)
- 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.