OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #670182
ROBERTS ASPHALT INC
SEYMOUR, IN—
Event description
Employee killed when crushed in truck cab by falling trailer
Investigation abstract
At approximately 3:15 p.m. on July 10, 1985, Employee #1 was attempting to dump a load of approximately 15 to 20 tons of scrap concrete of various sizes and sha pes at a dump site from the bed of a 24 ft long 1966 Fruehauf trailer attached t o a 1982 Mack tractor. The trailer was in a jackknife position on a slightly slo ped grade. The trailer rocked back and forth before flipping onto the truck cab and crushing Employee #1's chest between the seat back and the steering wheel/da shboard and console. He was killed. The Indiana State police confiscated the con necting king pin from the accident site.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 29
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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