OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #977330
CHOCK,PINNED,WORK RULES,JAMMED,CRUSHED,TRUCK,ELEC UTILITY WORK,UTILITY POLE,WINCH,MECH MALFUNCTION
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by utility truck
Investigation abstract
At approximately 12:10 p.m. on June 20, 1988, two electric utility crews were la utriggers. Raising the outriggers allowed the truck to be pulled backward. There were no chocks under the wheels. ying (pulling) underground electric cable in Tellino Village, TN. One crew had a truck with a power winch that was pulling the cable through a 500 foot long pip e. The cable was feeding into the pipe from a cable reel mounted on the rear of another truck. The reel on the feeding truck stopped abruptly due to a mechanica l failure (hang up). This stoppage, which occurred while the other winch was sti ll pulling, caused the feeding truck to be pulled backward. Employee #1, who was working behind the truck, was pinned against a utility pole and killed. The dri ver of the truck was at the side of the truck operating levers that raised the o
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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