Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14457048 - CRUSHED BETWEEN TRACTOR AND TRAILER.

Accident Summary Nr: 14457048 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 08/27/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
15199987	08/28/1984	4213	0	Thomas J Kitto Sr

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS BETWEEN THE TRACTOR AND THE TRAILER TRYING TO RELEASE THE FIFTH WHEEL CLAMP TO HOOK UP THE TRAILER. HIS SON (NOT AN EMPLOYEE) WAS ASKED TO PULL THE TRACTOR FORWARD. HE PULLED IT FORWARD AND TRIED TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL, BUT INADVERTENTLY PLACED IT IN REVERSE. THE TRACTOR JUMPED BACK, PINNING THE EMPLOYEE BETWEEN THE TRACTOR FIFTH WHEEL AND THE FRAME RAIL OF THE GOOSENECK ON THE LOWBOY TRAILER. THE TRACTOR WAS A 1979 PETERBILT, SER #124685 P. THE EMPTY WEIGHT IS 19,000 POUNDS. THE TRAILER WAS A 1981 JEEP, SER #CC81241. THE EMPTY WEIGHT IS 27.000 POUNDS.

Keywords: CRUSHED, INEXPERIENCE, TRACTOR TRAILER, TRACTOR--TRUCK, TRAILER, BACKING UP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	15199987			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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