OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14223671
BOBBY G FOREHAND
MUNCIE, IN—
Event description
DUMP TRUCK BED CLOSED ON MECHANIC
Investigation abstract
ON OCTOBER 11,1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 5:30 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PREPARING TO TRANS EVERING HIS SPINAL CORD. HE DIED 2 1/2 HOURS LATER FROM INTERNAL INJURIES, AFTER BEING HOSPITALIZED. FER A REBUILT 3RD MEMBER FOR A 1972 MACK DUMP TRUCK FROM A PORTABLE HOIST TO A S MALLER HOIST. THE SMALLER HOIST WAS CONNECTED TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE RAISED DUM P BED FOR EVENTUAL LOWERING ONTO THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD ONE LEG INSIDE THE FRAME AND ONE LEG OUTSIDE. HE WAS BENT OVER WITH HIS BODY, FROM THE W AIST UP, DIRECTLY UNDER THE BED (BETWEEN THE FRAME AND THE BED). WHEN PREPARING FOR THE TRANSFER, EMPLOYEE #1 EITHER STEPPED ON OR LOWERED THE THIRD MEMBER ONTO THE CONTROL VALVE CABLE WHICH WAS CONNECTED TO THE BED, CAUSING IT TO LOWER. TH E DESCENDING BED SQUEEZED EMPLOYEE #1 AGAINST THE FRAME, BREAKING HIS BACK AND S
Victim
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#331 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 516
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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