Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 568949 - Employee crushed to death between jackknifed trailers

Accident Summary Nr: 568949 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 05/09/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107705998	05/10/1993	4231	0	American Freightways

Abstract: Employee #1 was a truck driver who had dropped 2 trailers at the terminal and was picking up 2 more to transport out of state. Employee #1 had completed coupling both trailers and was raising the landing gear on the rear trailer. Apparently the employee had not secured the rig from rolling (i.e., set the tractor's parking brake, engaged the trailer's supply valve, and pulled down on the trailer's hand valve). When he lifted the landing gear and realized it was rolling backward, he ran between the 2 trailers and turned off the service brake and emergency brake valve handles. This action would have caused the emergency brake to apply on the rear trailer after a few seconds, but had no effect on the front trailer and tractor which continued rolling and jackknifed. Employee #1 was fatally crushed between the rear of the front trailer and the tongue of the rear trailer.

Keywords: BRAKE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, TRACTOR TRAILER, TRAILER, TRUCK DRIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107705998			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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