Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170132443 - Employee killed when pinned by trailer tongue

Accident Summary Nr: 170132443 -- Report ID: 1054118 -- Event Date: 08/07/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123746877	08/07/1998	1771	0	Wildish Building Material Company

Abstract: At approximately 10:35 a.m. on August 7, 1998, Employee #1 drove a water truck with a tilt trailer into a staging area and then attempted to release the trailer by unhooking the tongue from the hitch. As he uncoupled the parts, the tongue of the trailer sprang up, striking his chest. This forced Employee #1 upward, trapping him between the tongue and a step on the back of the water truck. Employee #1 was found by someone using the area as a parking lot; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Keywords: CHEST, TANK TRUCK, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRAILER TRUCK, CAUGHT BETWEEN, TRUCK, STRUCK BY, TRUCK DRIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123746877			Fatality	Puncture	Truck drivers, heavy

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