OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #998559
LOADING,FRONT END LOADER,LOSS OF BLOOD,TRUCK DRIVER,CHEST,PINNED,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,DUMP TRUCK
Event description
Employee killed when pinned against truck
Investigation abstract
At approximately 8:10 a.m. on January 30, 1989, Employee #1 was driving an end d tepped back in between the truck and loader teeth. He was pinned against the tru ck side. Employee #1 died of blood loss around the heart due to traumatic chest injuries. ump truck to remove demolition debris. The truck was backed into place to receiv e debris from a Caterpillar 966C front end loader. After he dumped the load into the truck, while backing away, the loader operator noticed strands of pencil ro d and concrete hanging over the side of the truck. The loader operator lowered t he scoop and asked Employee #1 to put the rod in the scoop so he could dump it i n the truck. Employee #1 dismounted the truck, put the rod into the scoop, stepp ed to the side, and signaled the loader operator to curl the scoop. While the sc oop was curling, it appears Employee #1 may have seen some debris slip out and s
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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