OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14349146
MAGNOLIA STEEL CO., INC.
MERIDIAN, MS—
Event description
Employee killed when pinned between crane and truck trailer
Investigation abstract
At approximately 3:05 a.m. on March 15, 1985, Employee #1, a crane operator, was loading the last bundle of steel rods onto a truck trailer. A coworker, a rigge r, was adjacent to the crane on its eastern side. In addition to his crane opera ting duties, Employee #1 was supposed to help load the steel. He was hurrying fr om the shop to assist in loading the last bundle when he ran between the hydraul ic crane and a truck trailer. Employee #1 became pinned between the two pieces o f equipment but managed to come out the opposite side, collapsing about 10 feet from the crane. He died of internal bleeding caused by a torn aorta.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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