Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 971077 - Employee injured when pinned between truck bed and assembly

Accident Summary Nr: 971077 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 09/26/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105599112	09/28/1989	5093	0	Proler International Corp.

Abstract: Employee #1, an independent truck driver for Gillian/Watkins Haulers Inc., was tightening down the load (a conveyor assembly) with a binder on the rear of a flatbed truck. The conveyor assembly weld broke and pinned the employee between the truck bed and the assembly. Employee #1 was hospitalized. No equipment failure occurred. The assembly weighed less than 1 ton. The truck was a Kenworth tractor with a #331 flatbed 40-ft trailer.

Keywords: PINNED, BROKEN WELD, CAUGHT BETWEEN, TRUCK, LOAD BINDER, TRUCK DRIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105599112			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Truck drivers, heavy

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