OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14550487
MURFREESBORO-PUBLIC WORKS
MURFREESBORO, TN—
Event description
EMPLOYEES STRUCK BY BACKING GARBAGE TRUCK
Investigation abstract
A CITY-OWNED GARBAGE TRUCK HAD BACKED INTO POSITION TO LOAD GARBAGE AT THE STONE URY, WHICH WAS PROBABLY THE CAUSE OF HIS DEATH. S RIVER MANOR (RETIREMENT CENTER) COLLECTION POINT. EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2, THE PIC K UP MEN, HAD MOVED TO THE REAR OF THE TRUCK TO BEGIN LOADING GARBAGE. THE DRIVE R, BELIEVING HE HAD PLACED THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER IN NEUTRAL, LET OUT THE CLUTCH. THE VEHICLE, WHICH APPARENTLY WAS STILL IN REVERSE, LURCHED BACKWARDS SEVERAL FE ET, STRIKING BOTH EMPLOYEES. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND BUT WAS OTHER WISE UNINJURED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS KNOCKED AGAINST, AND PINNED BETWEEN, THE RIGHT R EAR SIDE OF THE TRUCK AND THE FREEZER AND A SMALL GATE SET AT RIGHT ANGLES TO TH E FREEZER. EMPLOYEE #1 SUSTAINED A BROKEN ARM, INTERNAL INJURIES, AND A HEAD INJ
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 875
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 875
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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