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Accident Summary Nr: 14215883 - EMPLOYEE WALKED BETWEEN CONVERGING TRASH CONTAINERS; CRUSHED

Accident Summary Nr: 14215883 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 10/25/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102079373	10/30/1985	4953	0	Orangeburg Container, Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE DELIVERING TWO TRASH CONTAINERS TO THE ORANGEBURG DEPARTMENT OF PUPLIC UTILITIES, USING TWO 1979 CRANE CARRIER TRUCKS. THE CONTAINERS WERE 20 FEET LONG, 8 FEET WIDE AND 5 FEET, 10 INCHES HIGH. EMPLOYEE #1 DROPPED HIS CONTAINER ON THE TRACKS AND MOVED HIS TRUCK OUT OF THE WAY. THE PLAN WAS FOR THE OTHER EMPLOYEE TO DROP HIS CONTAINER AND PUSH IT BACK NEXT TO THE CONTAINER ALREADY UNLOADED. AS THE OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING HIS CONTAINER INTO POSITION, EMPLOYEE #1, FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK AND WALKED BETWEEN THE TWO CONVERGING CONTAINERS. HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TWO CONTAINERS AND WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH (PRIMARY CAUSE OF DEATH WAS A DEPRESSED SKULL FRACTURE).

Keywords: FRACTURE, CRUSHED, SKULL, STRUCK BY, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102079373			Fatality	Fracture	Garbage collectors

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