OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14234975
STERN AIR INC
ADDISON, TX—
Event description
CRUSHED BETWEEN PLANE AND FUEL TRUCK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER WERE MOVING A LEAR JET TO AN OUTDOOR STORAGE AREA ON THE RAMP OUTSIDE THE HANGAR. THEY NOTICED AN UNMANNED GASOLINE TRUCK ROLLING BACKWA RDS TOWARD THE PLANE. EMPLOYEE #2 GOT OFF THE TOW MOTOR TO ATTEMPT TO STOP THE T RUCK BY APPLYING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. IN HIS ATTEMPT, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CRUSHED BE TWEEN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK AND THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING OF THE PLANE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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