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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #978841

DIRT TAMPER,PINNED,CAUGHT BETWEEN,OFF LOADING,TRAILER,FALLING OBJECT,OVERTURN

Event
DIRT TAMPER,PINNED,CAUGHT BETWEEN,OFF LOADING,TRAILER,FALLING OBJECT,OVERTURN
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
978841
Report ID
950411

Event description

Employee killed when pinned between compactor and trailer

Investigation abstract

At approximately 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 1, 1987, Employee #1 was off loa ding a compactor from a lowboy trailer. The compactor fell to the side of the lo wboy trailer, pinning Employee #1 between the compactor and the trailer and kill ing him.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 44 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    1
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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