OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #978841
DIRT TAMPER,PINNED,CAUGHT BETWEEN,OFF LOADING,TRAILER,FALLING OBJECT,OVERTURN
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
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#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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