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Accident: 201361276 - Employee Killed When Crushed By Storage Tank

**Accident: 201361276 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 09/20/2000**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
302398011	09/21/2000	1799	Hall Tank Company

Employee #1 had unloaded storage tanks using metal ramps that connected to the side of the flatbed trailer. The tanks were then rolled down the metal ramps onto landscape timbers that were placed on the ground. A 12,000-gallon storage tank was blocked from rolling on the east end but was not blocked from rolling on the west end. The gasoline storage tank rolled approximately eight feet and pinned Employee #1 against the trailer of the flatbed truck. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: unsecured, blocks, storage tank, crushed, struck by, trailer, flatbed truck

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	302398011			Fatality	Other	Truck drivers, heavy

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