Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 660142 - Employee injured when caught between truck chassis and rails

Accident Summary Nr: 660142 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 11/15/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103420659	11/15/1988	4953	0	Browning-Ferris Industries Of Massachusetts Llc

Abstract: At approximately 9:45 a.m. on November 8, 1988, Employee #1 was aligning his Mack roll-off truck to a dumpster for pick up. When the rails were fully extended, the steel-jacketed rubber hose leading to the left hydraulic lifting piston failed. A witness saw Employee #1 leave the truck's cab and climb onto the hydraulic reservoir tank and then onto the vehicle's chassis. He was apparently kneeling on the chassis trying to shut off the main hydraulic valve when he was struck and pinned beneath the descending rails. Employee #1 sustained broken ribs, a partially separated aorta, a broken pelvis, and a broken left leg. Employee #1 had been a fill-in roll off driver for 16 months.

Keywords: FRACTURE, RAIL, PINNED, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, TRUCK, PELVIS, RIB, STRUCK BY, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103420659			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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