OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14480891
FAIRMOUNT CEMETERY ASSN
NEWARK, NJ—
Event description
PINNED UNDER CUSHMAN TRUCKSTER (THREE WHEELER)
Investigation abstract
WHILE THE OPERATOR WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN AT A "T" INTERSECTION BY CUTTING THE L EFT SIDE OF THE CORNER (PRIVATE ROAD IN CEMETARY), THE FRONT WHEEL AND THE REAR RIGHT WHEEL REMAINED AT GROUND LEVEL. THE LEFT WHEEL WAS PROJECTED UPWARDS FROM A ZERO INCLINE TO 13 INCHES HIGH, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO TILT AND PIN THE OPERAT OR UNDERNEATH. HE WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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