Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14495261

MAIN ERBAUER INC

Event
HEAD, SIGNALMAN, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, TRACTOR TRAILER, COMMUNICATION, BACKING UP, INATTENTION
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#895425
Employer profile
MAIN ERBAUER INC
Summary number
14495261
Report ID
627700

Event description

Employee killed when head caught between trailer and wall

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was directing a tractor trailer truck that was backing up to a loadi ng dock. As the trailer neared the dock, Employee #1 stuck his head between the wall of the trailer and the outer wall of the loading dock to signal the truck d river to stop. He was killed when his head was crushed between the two walls.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 29 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    2
    Source
    29
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    4
    Hazardous substance
    8880
    Task assigned
    1

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