A laborer working at a charitable donation warehouse died when he was crushed between a stationary trash compactor and a roll-off receiving container being off-loaded by truck. The empty receiving container was to be docked to the trash compactor. The roll-off truck bed was elevated, and the driver had winched the container down so that its rear end was on the ground approximately ten feet from the trash compactor. The victim stepped between the trash compactor and the back of the receiving container to check their alignment. At the same time, the truck driver released the container which slid rapidly down the inclined truck bed, crushing the victim against the trash compactor.
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report for California: A Laborer is Crushed Between a Trash Compactor and Receiving Container, FACE-16-CA-004
2017
6 pages
Report
No indication
English
Protective Equipment , Materials Sciences , Control Devices & Equipment , Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, & Rehabilitation , Materials handling equipment , Warning signs , Mortality data , Injuries , Injury prevention , Traumatic injuries , Warehousing , Containers , Loading docks , Heavy equipment , Truck drivers , Materials transport , Equipment operators , Workers safety , Work zone , Hazard recognition , Safety practices , Training , Safety monitoring , Policy , Work practices , Visual aids , Visual fields , Hazard communication , Fatility Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) , California