OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #997684
LAIDLAW WASTE SYSTEMS INC
INDIANAPOLIS, IN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN TRASH TRUCK ACCIDENT
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 2:20 PM ON JULY 15, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DRIVING A LARGE TRASH DISPOSAL TRUCK WESTBOUND ON 30TH STREET, AROUND THE 6550 BLOCK. FOR SOME REASON , EMPLOYEE #1 DROVE THE TRUCK INTO THE RIGHT SIDE CURB. THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL ST RUCK THE CURB, CAUSING THE ENTIRE TRUCK TO JUMP THE CURB INTO A DITCH. THE TRUCK 'S RIGHT BOOM DUG INTO THE GROUND AND THE TRUCK TURNED OVER ONTO ITS LEFT SIDE. EMPLOYEE #1 PARTIALLY FELL OUT THE OPEN WINDOW AS THE TRUCK OVERTURNED. HIS HEAD AND SHOULDERS WERE CRUSHED BETWEEN THE GROUND AND THE TRUCK. HE WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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