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Accident Summary Nr: 607382 - EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN TRAILER HE WAS RIDING OVERTURNED

Accident Summary Nr: 607382 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 05/14/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102826484	05/19/1988	4512	0	Delta Airlines, Inc.

Abstract: ON MAY 14, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASSISTING IN THE TRANSFER OF TRASH FROM AIRCRAFT HANGARS. THE EMPLOYEES WERE USING A BORROWED TOW TRACTOR AND A THREE-WHEELED TRAILER. THE TRACTOR HITCH WAS NOT THE SAME HEIGHT AS THE COUPLING ON THE TRAILER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS RIDING IN OR ON THE DUMPSTER TRAILER WHEN IT OVERTURNED DURING CORNERING. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS THROWN TO THE GROUND. HE DIED OF HIS INJURIES 5 DAYS LATER.

Keywords: SPEEDING, WORK RULES, DUMPSTER, FALL, TRACTOR, TRAILER, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102826484			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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