Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170107320 - Employee killed when skull crushed between airplane and tug

Accident Summary Nr: 170107320 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 09/08/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124042011	09/09/1993	4581	0	Tri-State Aero Inc

Abstract: At approximately 8:20 p.m. on September 8, 1993, Employees #1 and #2 were attaching a tug to a plane with a tow bar in order to move the plane. Employee #1 was attaching the tow bar to the plane while Employee #2 was driving the tug into position. Employee #2 states that the tug lurched forward, pinning Employee #1 between the tug and the plane and crushing his skull. Employee #1 was probably killed instantly. Employee #2 was hospitalized in a psychiatric ward for over a week.

Keywords: AIRCRAFT, PINNED, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, SKULL, PSYCH ILLNESS

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124042011			Fatality	Fracture	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.
2	124042011			Hospitalized injury	Other	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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