Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 99369.015 - Employee Is Caught Between Moving Trailer And Is Killed

Accident Summary Nr: 99369.015 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 09/27/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1267027.015	09/28/2017		484122	R & L Carriers Shared Services, Llc

Abstract: At approximately 11:30 p.m. on September 27, 2017, Employee #1, a truck driver, had attached two trailers to his tractor trailer truck using a converter dolly to connect the other trailer. He had helped another driver with the same task. Employee #1 was either moving between or standing between the other driver's trailer and converter dolly to aid with connecting them, when the driver moved the truck. Employee #1 was caught between one of the trailers and the converter dolly and suffered crushing injuries to his chest with features of traumatic asphyxia that killed him.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Caught Between, Chest, Crushed, Crushing, Trailer Truck

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1267027.015	51	M	Fatality		Truck drivers, heavy

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