OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14515357
B & F MEDICAL PRODUCTS INC
TOLEDO, OH—
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL FROM THE TOP OF A TRUCK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS BACKING HIS TRUCK INTO HIS NORMALLY ASSIGNED STALL WHEN HE STRUC K ANOTHER SEMI-TRAILER THAT WAS ALREADY THERE. AFTER STRIKING THE OTHER SEMI, EM PLOYEE #1 APPARENTLY CLIMBED ON TOP OF HIS TRUCK TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE. HE THEN A PPARENTLY FELL FROM THE TOP OF HIS TRUCK TO THE GROUND BELOW, A FALL OF APPROXIM ATELY 14 FEET.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 61 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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