Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200602209 - Employee is killed when trailer bed falls on truck cab

Accident Summary Nr: 200602209 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 08/29/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304392020	08/29/2002	1611	0	Georgetown Transportation, Inc.

Abstract: On August 29, 2002, Employee #1, a truck driver, had purchased a new Lufkin trailer to haul dirt for a road building project. The trailer had a homemade pipe device to hold up the trailer stands, which had to be removed before the trailer bed was lifted. Employee #1 raised his trailer bed without removing this pipe, thus, limiting how far the bed could go. Not realizing why the trailer bed was not rising to the desired height, he increased the hydraulic pressure to get the bed higher. Eventually, the trailer frame bent, causing the trailer bed to fall onto the cab of the truck. Employee #1 was crushed. He was killed.

Keywords: HYDRAULIC LINE, CRUSHED, DUMP TRUCK, TRAILER, FALLING OBJECT, DUMP TRUCK BED, TRUCK DRIVER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304392020			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause: Unloading-loading equipment/material (except by cr

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