Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14519813 - RUN OVER BY BACKING TRACTOR TRAILER

Accident Summary Nr: 14519813 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 08/01/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101083426	08/05/1986	1389	0	Chickasaw Construction Co.

Abstract: TWO LABORERS WERE USING A PORTABLE CONVEYOR TO LOAD RICE INTO BARGES. TRUCKS WITH DUMP BODY LONG TRAILERS WOULD BACK DOWN AN INCLINED ROADWAY AND DUMP RICE ONTO THE CONVEYOR, FROM WHERE IT WOULD BE LOADED ONTO THE BARGES. AS ONE OF THE TRUCKS BACKED INTO POSITION, THE DRIVER NOTICED THE TWO LABORERS ATTEMPTING TO REPOSITION THE CONVEYOR. THE TRUCK DRIVER PARKED ON THE INCLINE APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET FROM THE CONVEYOR, SET THE TRAILER BRAKES, THEN GOT OUT AND WENT TO ASSIST THE LABORERS. THE TRACTOR-TRAILER ROLLED BACKWARDS TOWARDS THE THREE MEN. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRUCK AND RUN OVER BY THE TRAILER'S REAR WHEELS. HE WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH.

Keywords: WHEEL, BRAKE, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, TRAILER, RUN OVER, BACKING UP, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101083426			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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