Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201034857 - Employee dies after being struck by tractor-trailer

Accident Summary Nr: 201034857 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 03/10/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305472607	03/10/2003	4213	484121	Tango Transport Inc

Abstract: At 1:40 p.m. on March 10, 2003, Employee #1, a truck driver was placing a licensing decal on the front of the tractor of his tractor-trailer. He was standing in a driveway, which ran in an east-west direction for many hundreds of feet when he was struck by another tractor-trailer. The coworker backed her tractor-trailer to the driveway behind her, a passage through the shipping area, so that she could exit the shipping area heading east on the main driveway. Before she started backing up the tractor-trailer, she did not check the area behind her truck or get a helper or spotter. Furthermore, her tractor-trailer was not equipped with an automatic back-up audible alarm. The tractor-trailer she was driving struck Employee #1 and pinned him between her trailer and the front of his tractor. The impact caused Employee #1 to receive blunt force trauma. His traumatic injuries were fatal.

Keywords: CAUGHT BETWEEN, STRUCK BY, TRACTOR TRAILER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	305472607			Fatality	Other	Truck drivers, heavy

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