Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201796042 - Truck driver injured when struck by falling load

Accident Summary Nr: 201796042 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 06/14/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126086784	06/17/2002	5093	0	Newark Group

Abstract: On June 14, 2002, Employee #1, a driver with a trucking company, was opening the rear doors of a trailer at a paper recycling plant. A pallet with an estimated 1,200 lbs of compressed cardboard fell from the trailer and struck him. He was hospitalized for head and back injuries. Employee #1 indicated in an interview that the trailer had a defective latch on a cargo door and that this fact had been brought to the attention of the management of both his trucking company and the recycling company prior to the time of the accident.

Keywords: HEAD, UNSECURED, LOAD SHIFT, TRAILER TRUCK, BACK, STRUCK BY, TRAILER, FALLING OBJECT, DOOR, TRUCK DRIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126086784			Hospitalized injury	Other	Truck drivers, heavy

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