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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #975656

BOOM,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,FALL,TRACTOR

Event
BOOM,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,FALL,TRACTOR
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
975656
Report ID
551800

Event description

EMPLOYEE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN AND CRUSHED BY MOVING OBJECT

Investigation abstract

At 1:00 p.m. on March 21, 1988, Employee #1 hooked a load to a side boom mounted on a caterpillar tractor. He jumped onto the moving tractor, or ran alongside o f it, slipped and fell on the treads. He was crushed to death between the tracto r treads and side-boom counterweight.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 41 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    2
    Source
    30
    Occupation code
    599
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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