Accident: 202287736 - Killed When Crushed Between Truck And Trailer
Employee #1 was hooking up a short trailer to a truck. He had apparently parked the yard dog truck in front of the trailer and was standing in front of the short trailer raising a safety bar on the it when the yard dog truck backed up to the trailer. Employee #1 became pinned between the fifth wheel of the truck and the trailer; he was crushed and killed. Subsequent inspection revealed that the gear stick shift was in the reverse position and the yard dog truck had a bad clutch.
trailer, truck, backing up, pinned, work rules, crushed, vehicle in gear, mech malfunction, clutch, unmanned
Accident: 734269 - Injured In Fall From Crane Cable
Employees were stretching out a crane cable, which involved manually pulling the cable to get kinks out and rolling it off the drum. They raised the boom and held the cable with the clutch disengaged, acting as a "human headache ball." The clutch did not disengage and the cable lifted Employee #1 several feet off the ground. The operator shut down the crane and locked all controls. Employee #1 held on until his arms got too tired and then fell approximately 20 feet. He was hospitalized.
construction, crane, fracture, clutch, fall, mech malfunction, work rules
Accident: 116432501 - Injured When Pinned Between Two Vehicles
Employee #1 was pinned between two vehicles when the clutch assembly gear mechanism malfunctioned. He sustained injuries that required hospitalization.
construction, mech malfunction, vehicle, pinned, caught between, clutch
Accident: 200010056 - Killed When Press Clutch Explodes
Employee #1, a maintenance worker, was attempting to clear a press by applying pressure from a welding tank directly to the clutch. The clutch exploded and struck him directly in the face and chest. Employee #1 was killed.
maintenance, press, jammed, clutch, explosion, struck by, face, chest, flying object, work rules
Accident: 924951 - Killed When Crushed Between Truck And Wall
At about 12:30 p.m. on December 6, Employee #1 was standing at the rear of a scissors truck, between the truck and the wall of a building. The truck driver got into the truck to move it. Before starting the truck, the driver engaged the clutch. The truck rolled backwards a few inches, crushing Employee #1 against the wall. His head was fractured and he was killed. The driver was not aware that Employee #1 was standing behind the truck.
struck by, construction, crushed, wall, work rules, inattention, truck, clutch
Accident: 170588362 - Fingers Amputated By Press Brake
At 2:18 a.m. on November 29, 1995, Employee #1, a press brake operator working the third shift, was hand feeding material into an obsolete press brake equipped with PSDI. The clutch malfunctioned and the ram advanced unexpectedly, catching the employee's hands. Fingers on both hands were amputated and he was hospitalized. The clutch had performed correctly for a number of days prior to the incident and daily inspections were made. No other workers admitted to seeing the accident. The employer was cited with two instances of improper guarding, 8CCR 4214(a)(1).
crushed, hand, work rules, clutch, amputated, press brake, unguarded, ram, finger, mech malfunction
Accident: 170736177 - Injured When Dragged By Truck
Employee #1 and his employer drove to a job site to pick up a La. 9000 Ford Aeromax two axle industrial tractor that needed clutch work. The employer removed the wheel chocks from the four wheels, climbed into the cab, and started the truck. The employer tried to get the truck in gear, but without success. Employee #1 signaled the employer to wait and climbed under the tractor. He positioned himself forward of the fuel tank's cross members, which were 6 in. above the ground, and attempted to adjust the clutch. The truck started moving downhill and Employee #1 was dragged and wedged underneath the truck until it came to rest against a nearby parked truck. The truck was jacked up and Employee #1 was pulled out and taken to Whittier Community Hospital, where he was admitted.
dragged, fracture, truck, clutch, repair, caught by, chock, blocks, work rules
Accident: 787804 - Cuts Head When Crane Overturns
Employee #1, of Ross Bros., Inc., was driving a Grove 40-ton crane down an access roadway. While attempting to shift gears, he stalled the machine, drove up a bank, and rolled the crane over on its side. Employee #1 suffered a cut on his head and was treated and released from Albany General Hospital.
construction, crane, crane operator, roll-over, laceration, head, clutch
Accident: 170189898 - Finger Amputated While Trying To Catch Rod
On January 21, 1993, Employee #1, of Cerro Metal Products Co., was operating the #3 Schumag machine. He pulled the lever, or clutch, to stop the machine and attempted to catch the finished product, called a rod, as it came out. The rod hit his right ring finger and amputated it. The clutch, similar to the stick shift in an old truck, did not work smoothly and the employee had to pull hard on it. Attempting to catch the moving product was an unsafe practice. A general violation, T8CCR 3328(g), and a serious violation, 3203(a)(4), were observed and cited. An unrelated serious violation was also found and cited. The machine's identification: Schumag, Aachen, type KZRP2, Fab. Nr. 4377, Baujhr. 1956, Ziehkraftmak Bto, Zieceschenuman 28m, Arb Bereich 394-1.0.
finger, amputated, clutch lever, work rules
