Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14346712 - PRECAST FORMS FELL OFF TRUCK; STRIKING EMPLOYEE

Accident Summary Nr: 14346712 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 03/25/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101579019	03/25/1986	4212	0	R. H. Ower Sand & Rock Transport Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, A TRUCK DRIVER, PARKED HIS FLATBED TRAILER TRUCK ON A SLIGHT SLOPE. THE SLOPE WAS AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE TRUCK BED. HE RELEASED THE TWO CHAINS SECURING THE LOAD (PRECAST PANELS MOUNTED ON "A" FRAMES). THE "A" FRAMES WERE NOT INDEPENDENTLY SECURED. THEY SHIFTED WHEN THE CHAINS WERE RELEASED, CAUSING THE PANELS TO TOPPLE DOWNHILL FROM THE TRUCK BED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY THE FALLING PANELS.

Keywords: UNSECURED, TRAILER TRUCK, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101579019			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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