Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202477139 - Employee Is Crushed Between Truck Cab Underbody and Tire

Accident Summary Nr: 202477139 -- Report ID: 0950636 -- Event Date: 04/11/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312666407	04/11/2011	5093	423930	Ecology Auto Parts Inc

Abstract: At approximately 4:59 p.m. on April 11, 2011, Employee #1 was working on a truck in the storage yard for Ecology Auto Parts, Inc. The two to four acre yard was used for storing decommissioned commercial trucks for parts salvage and metal recycling. Employee #1 was salvaging parts from a Volvo garbage truck. Employee #1's dead body was found pinned between the underbody of the cab and the left tire. The hydraulic cylinder for the cab tilt had been removed and no other means of blocking or securing the cab in the raised position had been provided.

Keywords: UNSECURED, SCRAP YARD, HYDRAULIC CYLINDER, CAUGHT BETWEEN, TRUCK, TIRE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312666407			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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