Accident Report Detail

Accident: 141337.015 - Employee Is Killed In Fall From Truck Platform To Ground

**Accident: 141337.015 -- Report ID: 0355116 -- Event Date: 11/17/2021**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1565067.015	11/19/2021		C & T Durham Trucking Co.

At 6:45 a.m. on November 17, 2021, an employee was hooking up brake lines and el ectrical lights on a semi-truck to a tanker when he fell onto the hard ground be low. The employee had been standing on a platform approximately 3.5 feet off the ground when he fell and struck his head and chest causing a skull fracture and multiple broken ribs. The employee was killed.

Keywords: blunt force, blunt force trauma, chest, elevated work plat, elevated work platform, fall, fall from elevation, fracture, head, misjudgement, misjudgement of hazardous situation, platform, rib, skull, tractor traile

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1565067.015	81	M	Fatality		Truck Driver: Heavy/Tractor-Trailer

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