Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201342250 - Employee crushed and killed by flatbed trailer axle

Accident Summary Nr: 201342250 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 03/18/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
116051467	03/19/2002	4213	0	Bosselman Properties, Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
116051475	03/19/2002	5084	0	Finch Bayless Sales & Service

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker, working for Bosselman Properties, delivered a crane to Finch Bayless Crane Sales & Service, Inc. An extra axle was added for the delivery and was being disassembled to be placed onto the trailer for the return trip. Another driver was going to Indiana to pick up another load. The employees placed the flatbed trailer of the other driver on top of the trailer of Employee #1. Employee #1 had difficulty removing the last pin (on the passenger side) that connected the trailer to the extra axle. An employee of Finch Bayless Crane Sales & Service, Inc., was operating a crane that was attached to the axle. Employee #1 got under the axle to remove the pin and the axle fell on top of him, crushing his chest and killing him. The axle was removed by the crane operator after the removal of the air lines.

Keywords: TRUCK DRIVER, CHEST, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, FLATBED TRUCK, CRANE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	116051467			Fatality	Fracture	Truck drivers, heavy
2	116051475					Occupation not reported

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