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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #996306

FRONT END LOADER,PINNED,STRUCK BY,TRACTOR TRAILER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION

Event
FRONT END LOADER,PINNED,STRUCK BY,TRACTOR TRAILER,BACKING UP,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
996306
Report ID
452110

Event description

Employee killed when struck by tractor trailer

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was behind a trailer hooking a chain up to it so that a front end lo ader could pull it out of mud and gravel. A tractor trailer backed up and pinned Employee #1 against the loader, killing him.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    1
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    1
    Task assigned
    1

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