Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14454011 - Employee killed when clothing caught by power take-off

Accident Summary Nr: 14454011 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 01/26/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101935369	01/27/1987	1429	0	Aggrecon Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1 was unloading 1,000 gal of diesel fuel from a tank truck into an underground storage facility. He put a hose in the tank truck's pipe and started the power take-off when he suffered a heart attack. As he fell, his clothes became entangled in the power take-off, squeezing him. Employee #1 was killed. According to the county coroner who performed the autopsy, he died of asphyxia.

Keywords: CLOTHING, TANK TRUCK, ASPHYXIATED, HEART ATTACK, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, FALL, ENTANGLED, POWER TAKE-OFF

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101935369			Fatality	Asphyxia	Supervisors, mechanics and repairers

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