Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 137994.015 - Employee is killed when crushed by falling load

Accident Summary Nr: 137994.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 08/09/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1546852.015	08/09/2021		484220	Anthony Marshall Dba Mannishboy Trucking Llc

Abstract: At 8:56 a.m. on August 9, 2021, an employee was unstrapping steel bundles loaded on the back of a leased semi tractor trailer truck when one of the straps broke and the bundles came loose. The bundles spilled onto the side of the trailer and fell onto the employee. The employee was struck in the head and was pinned to the ground by the load which weighed approximately 5700 pounds. The employee was killed due to compression asphyxiation from the 1 and 1/4 inches diameter bars pressing on his abdomen and neck.

Keywords: Abdomen, Asphyxiated, Broke, Bundle, Contusion, Crushed, Falling Object, Head, Laceration, Material Handling, Metal Bar, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Neck, Off Loading, Pinched, Pinned, Steel, Struck By, Tractor Trailer, Trailer Truck, Truck, Truck Driver, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1546852.015	58	M	Fatality		Truck Driver: Heavy/Tractor-Trailer

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