Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 796565 - Employee killed in fall from tank truck

Accident Summary Nr: 796565 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 09/25/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104033022	09/30/1987	2041	0	Supersweet Feeds

Abstract: At approximately 8:15 a.m. on September 25, 1987, Employee #1 was preparing to fill the rear bin on a contract hauler's tanker truck with animal feed. He was standing on top of the truck on the auger side of the bin opening opposite the catwalk. The driver of the tanker truck was inching forward, waiting for the verbal signal from the employee to stop directly underneath the loading chute. The employee yelled something, and then the truck driver heard him fall 11 ft to the ground. Employee #1 suffered a massive right and left temporoparietal skull fracture and was taken to Elkhart General Hospital, where he died at approximately 6:00 p.m. on September 29, 1987.

Keywords: TANK TRUCK, FRACTURE, WORK RULES, SKULL, FALL, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104033022			Fatality	Fracture	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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