OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14535363
HI-LINE TRUCKING
TRENTON, ND—
Event description
STRUCK AND CRUSHED BY FALLING HINGED FLOOR SECTION
Investigation abstract
THE EMPLOYEES WERE WALKING ADJACENT TO A HINGED FLOOR, WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 10 ,000 POUNDS, WHICH WAS SECURED IN THE VERTICAL POSITION BY A SINGLE LOG CHAIN. T HE HOOK ON THE CHAIN WAS SECURED BY A PIN WHICH IN TURN WAS SECURED BY A COTTER PIN. THE COTTER PIN SHEARED OFF, ALLOWING THE LARGER PIN TO SLIP OUT OF THE HOOK . THE HINGED FLOOR SECTION FELL ON THE EMPLOYEES, CRUSHING THEM.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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