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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #978841

HILL & SONS CONSTRUCTION CO INC

Event
DIRT TAMPER, PINNED, CAUGHT BETWEEN, OFF LOADING, TRAILER, FALLING OBJECT, OVERTURN
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#103718904
Employer profile
HILL & SONS CONSTRUCTION CO INC
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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