OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14550057

MCKINNON BRIDGE COMPANY

WAVERLY, TN— 1984-11-13T00:00:00

Event: WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, OFF LOADING, STRUCK BY, TRACTOR TRAILER, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE LOAD
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #15143407
Employer profile: MCKINNON BRIDGE COMPANY
Summary number: 14550057
Report ID: 454712

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling sheet piling

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was unloading sheet piling from a tractor trailer for a bridge under construction. The load's restraining chains had been unhooked on the passenger side of the truck. Employee #1 was apparently pulling the chain across the mater ial to the driver's side of the truck when the chain became caught. He pulled on it and the material fell off the truck and onto him. Employee #1 suffered multi ple internal crushing injuries, and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 28 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
1

Source
28

Occupation code
597

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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