OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #993410
CLEARANCE,WORK RULES,EQUIPMENT OPERATOR,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,TRACTOR,BACKING UP,STEERING WHEEL
Event description
Employee crushed while operating tow tractor
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was operating a diesel tow tractor at a sewage treatment plant when he attempted to drive it out of an enclosure with low overhead clearance. Accord ing to the plant superintendent, the rear portion of the driver's seat hit an ov erhanging steel frame while the vehicle was in reverse gear. Employee #1 was cru shed between the steel framework and the steering wheel. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 859
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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