OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #980250
FRACTURE,YARDING,SHOULDER,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,COLLARBONE,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,RIB,RUN OVER,LEG
Event description
Employee run over by yard tractor suffers multiple fractures
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:55 a.m. on March 24, 1989, the driver of a yard tractor pull ed a trailer of scrap steel to the transfer point, set the trailer brakes, and g ot out to wind down the dolly jacks. Employee #1 came out of the office, decided to assist the yard driver, and pulled the king pin release on the fifth wheel o f the yard tractor. The dollies were not all the way down. The yard tractor squi rted out from under the trailer, driving over Employee #1 and fracturing his rig ht leg, collarbone, shoulder, and several ribs. Employee #1 was taken to St. Jos eph's Medical Center in South Bend, IN, after initial treatment at Parkview Hosp ital, Plymouth, IN.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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