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Accident Summary Nr: 14337182 - EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY TRUCK STEERING WHEEL

Accident Summary Nr: 14337182 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 01/18/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101260925	01/20/1988	2421	0	Suwannee Lumber Mfg. Company Inc.

Abstract: AT 11:10 AM ON JANUARY 18, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 AND HIS SON TOOK AN OLD 1940 ARM TRUCK TO GET A TRUCK FRAME OUT OF THE JUNK PILE. THE TRUCK HAD A HOMEMADE 20 FOOT HOIST WHICH CAME FROM THE TRUCK BED OVER THE CAB TO THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK. EMPLOYEE #1 DROVE THE TRUCK FORWARD INTO THE JUNK PILE. HIS SON HOOKED UP THE OLD TRUCK FRAME. A COUPLE OF ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO LIFT THE TRUCK FRAME. ON THE LAST ATTEMPT, THEY HEARD A POPPING NOISE. THE FRAME SPLIT AND THE STEERING WHEEL CAME TOWARD EMPLOYEE #1, STRIKING HIM AND CRUSHING HIS CHEST. HE DIED AT 3:40 PM THE SAME DAY.

Keywords: CHEST, DISINTEGRATED, CRUSHED, TRUCK, STRUCK BY, STEERING WHEEL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101260925			Fatality	Puncture	Occupation not reported

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