OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14454938
OLDENKAMP SALVAGE YARD
SHELDON, IA—
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN TRUCK CAB AND HYDRAULIC BOX
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 LEASED A 1972 INTERNATIONAL 1 TON DUMP TRUCK WITH LICENSE PLATE NUMB ER D45636 IN ORDER TO DISPOSE OF SOME ASPHALT SHINGLES AT A LANDFILL. THE LANDFI LL WAS LOCATED ABOUT TWO MILES SOUTH OF SHELDON IN SIOUX COUNTY. EMPLOYEE #1'S D EATH OCCURRED WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS HEAD AND BODY BETWEEN THE TRUCK'S CAB AND THE H YDRAULIC BOX. THE PIN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RAM WAS BROKEN, THOUGH IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER IT WAS BROKEN BY EMPLOYEE #1 WHILE HE WAS BACKING HARD AGAINST A HILL OR WHETHER IT WAS BROKEN BEFORE. THE OWNER OF THE TRUCK AGREED THAT THE PIN WAS BR OKEN BUT CLAIMS THAT IT WAS OKAY WHEN THE TRUCK WAS LEASED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 52 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 19
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 2
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