Inspection Detail

Inspection: 2601631 - Okada Trucking Co Ltd

Inspection Information - Office: Hi-E-Honolulu

Investigation Summary

ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY AT 2:10 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING A CATERPILLAR 955 LOADER TO SCREEN SOIL ONTO A 8' X 12' SCREEN BOX THAT HAD UPRIGHT LEGS 4' & 8' LONG. FOR SOME REASON THE SCREEN BOX HAD TILTED ONTO IT'S SIDE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF THE SCREEN BOX WHEN IT FELL ON HIM. HE WAS CRUSHED AGAINST A MOUND OF DIRT. AN AMBULANCE WAS SUMMONED, BUT THE EMPLOYEE WAS PROUNCED DEAD AT THE ACCIDENT SITE AT APPROXIMATELY 2:50 PM. DEATH WAS CAUSED BY ASPHYXIATION, TRAUMA AND COMPRESSION OF THE CHEST AND ABDOMEN.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, OVERTURN