Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201370772 - Employee Killed By Falling Container

Accident Summary Nr: 201370772 -- Report ID: 0317700 -- Event Date: 04/07/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305250722	04/10/2003	4214	484110	Advance Transportation Services Incorporated

Abstract: Employee #1, a truck driver, was fatally injured when a 2000-pound stack of metal containers fell from a trailer crushing him. A Bobcat was being used to unload the trailer from the opposite side at the time of the accident. The Bobcat operator believes that he bumped a stack of containers as he was unloading the truck and they fell. The Bobcat operator does not know why Employee #1 was standing on the opposite side of the trailer, which was out of his view. Photos from the scene indicate that Employee #1 may have been moving cargo straps at the time of the accident. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: OBSTRUCTED VIEW, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, CONTAINERIZED CARGO, TRAILER, FALLING OBJECT, TRUCK DRIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	305250722			Fatality	Concussion	Truck drivers, heavy

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