Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 201175023 - Employee struck and killed by industrial truck
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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125716605 | 02/12/2004 | 4213 | 484121 | Overnite Transportation Co Inc |
Abstract: At approximately 4:30 a.m. on February 12, 2004, Employee #1, a truck driver for Overnite Transportation Company, Inc., came to work and walked toward his truck that was parked along the east side of the loading docks. While Employee #1 was walking to his truck, an industrial tow tractor towing a 27-ft trailer was being driven along the south side of the loading area. The driver of the tractor made a left turn and went around the east end of the loading dock, striking, running over, and killing Employee #1. There was no lighting near the east end of the loading docks; the lights on the industrial tow tractor were on and working. A large portion of the windshield of the industrial truck tractor was fogged up.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 125716605 | Fatality | Fracture | Truck drivers, heavy |