Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14402127 - EMPLOYEE PINNED AGAINST LOADING DOCK BY BACKING TRUCK

Accident Summary Nr: 14402127 -- Report ID: 0626000 -- Event Date: 03/01/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100304815	03/04/1986	5142	0	Valley Central Sales Inc

Abstract: AT ABOUT 7:15 PM ON MARCH 1, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 TOOK THE COMPANY'S 1966 FORD 600 TRUCK TO PICK UP SOME ICE. HE RETURNED WITH ABOUT 300 BLOCKS OF ICE, BACKED THE TRUCK PART WAY TO THE ICE HOUSE DOOR AND GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK TO OPEN THE DOOR. HE LEFT THE TRUCK IDLING AND APPARENTLY FAILED TO SET THE PARKING BRAKE. PROBABLY BECAUSE OF ENGINE VIBRATION AND THE TRUCK'S POSITION RELATIVE TO SOME DEEP RUTS, THE TRUCK ROLLED BACKWARDS INTO EMPLOYEE #1. HE WAS PINNED AGAINST THE LOADING DOCK AND CRUSHED TO DEATH.

Keywords: BRAKE, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, TRUCK, LOADING DOCK, BACKING UP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100304815			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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