Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201504222 - Employee killed when caught in truck's pump shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 201504222 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 05/15/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301136271	05/16/2003	4212	484220	Muse Trucking Company

Abstract: At approximately 7:26 p.m. on May 15, 2003, Employee #1 with Muse Trucking, Inc., was transporting a load of Liquid Propane Gas to an Amerigas storage facility located within the property of Pabco Gypsum. He was found dead early the next day by the night shift security guard, caught in the pump shaft under his tractor-trailer truck. The reason Employee #1 was in the undercarriage of the truck is undetermined. He had initiated the LPG transfer from the cargo trailer to the bulk storage tank and had transferred approximately 7,000 gallons of a 9,000-gallon load.

Keywords: SHAFT, TRUCK, LP GAS, TRACTOR TRAILER, PUMP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301136271			Fatality	Other	Truck drivers, heavy

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