Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 141337.015 - Employee is killed in fall from truck platform to ground

Accident Summary Nr: 141337.015 -- Report ID: 0355116 -- Event Date: 11/17/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1565067.015	11/19/2021		484121	C & T Durham Trucking Co.

Abstract: At 6:45 a.m. on November 17, 2021, an employee was hooking up brake lines and electrical lights on a semi-truck to a tanker when he fell onto the hard ground below. 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, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Platform, Rib, Skull, Tractor Trailer, Trailer, Truck, Truck Driver, Walking Surface, Work Surface

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

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