OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14300362
MAUI LAND & PINEAPPLE CO INC
LAHAINA, HI—
Event description
STRUCK BY ROTATING DRIVE SHAFT AND RUN OVER BY TRUCK
Investigation abstract
THE DRIVE SHAFT OF A SPRAY BOOM TRUCK HAD BROKEN IN HALF AND WAS WEDGED AGAINST A PIPE ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TRUCK. EMPLOYEE #1, A MECHANIC, WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE THE DRIVE SHAFT. AS THE SHAFT CAME FREE, IT ROTATED AND STRUCK THE MEC HANIC ON HIS FACE. SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE BOOM TRUCK BEGAN TO ROLL BACK AND THE RIG HT FRONT TIRE ROLLED OVER EMPLOYEE #1'S BODY. THE TRUCK WAS PARKED ON A SLOPING DIRT ROAD AND WAS NOT BLOCKED OR OTHERWISE SECURED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 549
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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