OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #977447
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MURFREESBORO, TN·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed beneath industrial truck
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was driving a tow-motor with a paper-roll clamp attachment instead o f forks. While driving in reverse, he turned while the paper-clamp was in the UP position, causing the tow-motor to overturn onto its left side. Employee #1 tri ed to jump clear but was crushed and killed beneath the mast and the clamp.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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