Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 86489.015 - Trailer Collapse Kills Worker
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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1159839.015 | 07/05/2016 | 336212 | Advanced Mobility By Kentucky Trailer |
Abstract: At approximately 8:30 a.m. on July 5, 2016, Employee #1 and a coworker, both electricians, were refurbishing a mobile MRI trailer. While Employee #1 was partially under the trailer near its lower compartment, on his back to remove bolts securing a glycol pump and reservoir tank. The coworker was inside the trailer drilling a 2.5 inch hole in the floor of the trailer to run new glycol hose lines. As the coworker drilled through the floor, he unintentionally punctured a hydraulic hose line that supported the trailer's front two hydraulic landing legs/stands, resulting in the trailer's collapse. Employee #1 became caught under the trailer. Surrounding workers used a forklift truck to raise the trailer, and Employee #1 was transported to a local hospital where he died later that day.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 1159839.015 | 58 | M | Fatality | Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. |