Accident: 170401574 - Crushed Between Backhoe Bucket And Outrigger

Employee #1 had gotten off the backhoe he was operating and left the motor running. He was killed when he was struck by the backhoe and crushed between the bucket and outrigger.

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Accident: 170003651 - Killed When Crushed Between Towmotor And Aircraft

Employee #1, an 18-year-old ramp agent, was transporting and loading some last-minute baggage. He pulled his towmotor perpendicular to the airplane and dismounted. He was unloading a bag from the baggage tug when the vehicle started to move toward the plane. In an effort to stop it, Employee #1 ran between it and the airplane and tried to fend it off with his arms. He was crushed between the tug and the aircraft. Employee #1 was declared dead at the scene. He had set the parking brake on the tug, but had left it running and in gear; apparently the parking brake lever had disengaged. Employee #1 had been working in this position for one month prior to the accident.

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Accident: 14406995 - Killed When Run Over By Pneumatic Roller

At approximately 11:30 a.m. on May 13, 2000, Employee #1 was working with a crew of approximately 15 men who were repaving a residential street with a diesel engine Dynapac pneumatic roller tire, CP 132, serial #21620241. He was the last person in the paving chain; first was the paving machine, second was the steel wheel roller, and third was the pneumatic roller. The roller came last, allowing the asphalt to cool. It kneaded the oil up to the surface, which actually sealed the top of the asphalt. For some reason, Employee #1 got off the roller and walked to the rear of the machine. The engine was still running, the forward/reverse lever was in reverse, and he emergency stop knob had not been engaged when the roller backed over Employee #1. The back wheels ran over Employee #1's feet first and the front wheels came to rest in the middle of his body, killing him. The roller stopped on its own.

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Accident: 109335984 - Killed When Caught Between Tractor Cab And Trailer

On November 12, 1999, Employee #1, of Matson Sand Island Marine Terminal, was trying to couple a Sisu Hustler marine terminal tractor, serial #72EA099AD384, Matson ID #1679, to a Wabash flatbed trailer, serial #1JJF40278RLl210566, loaded with two flat tracks. Employee #1 had been assigned to move the trailer from Stall #27 to the container freight station. No one observed the incident, but he apparently was coupling the tractor to the trailer when he missed the kingpin. The fifth wheel of the tractor was behind the kingpin. Employee #1 was trying to free the fifth wheel from under the kingpin when he became pinned. He died of traumatic asphyxia secondary to being pinned between the cab of the tractor and the trailer. The first coworker on the scene stated that the gear stick was in reverse and the parking break had not been set. Regulations that may have prevented this accident include T8CCR 1917.44 (J): vehicle was left unattended with its engine running and without being secured against movement. This regulation does not have a training requirement. There were no industry-wide procedures in place for coupling and uncoupling. Five operating manuals, the Pacific Maritime Association, and the teamsters union all have similar, but different, steps to do the task. None address how to handle instances where the kingpin is caught behind the fifth wheel.

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Accident: 125522086 - Fractured When Caught Between Trucks

Employee #1 was trying to back his Bobtail truck into an unoccupied bay. As he was moving, his truck hit the mirror of a another parked truck. He alighted from his truck to straighten the mirror when his vehicle started to roll and he became caught between the two trucks. Employee #1 suffered a compound fracture of his upper left arm.

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Accident: 935031 - Killed When Struck By Rolling Truck

On March 16, 1999, Employee #1 was leaning against a parked cement mixer truck stationed approximately 10 to 12 ft from the rear of a trailer-mounted concrete pump. His back was facing the rear of the cement pump hopper. Prior to Employee #1 going to the side of the cement mixer truck, he had started the engine of the truck with the attached concrete pump and left it running. A coworker, who was talking to a fellow employee, was standing on the driver's side of the cab of this truck. He turned his head and saw that the vehicle was moving backward. At first he thought that someone was backing up the truck and that it as going to hit the side of the parked cement mixer truck; when he looked in the cab of the truck, however, he realized it was unmanned. The coworker saw Employee #1 leaning against the cement mixer truck and yelled for him to get out of the way. The coworker then jumped into the cab of the moving truck, moved it into first gear, brought the truck forward toward the side of the building, and secured the parking brake. He rushed to the rear of the trailer and saw Employee #1 lying on the ground with blood coming out of his mouth. He had been struck in the back by the hopper section of the cement pump and pinned against the passenger side of the cement mixer truck. Employee #1 was transported to the UMass Medical Center, where he died the next morning from internal injuries. The coworker stated that the truck was in neutral and neither the parking brake nor the emergency brake had been set. On the day of the accident, coworkers in the area observed that Employee #1 looked visibly ill with what appeared to be a bad cold.

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