Inspection Detail

Inspection: 100318047 - The Fishel Co

Inspection Information - Office: Dallas Area Office

Inspection Nr: 100318047

Report ID: 0626300

Date Opened: 05/16/1985

Site Address:
The Fishel Co
Hulew St At Overton Ridge
Ft Worth, TX 76109

Mailing Address:
1625 Brumlow Ave, Southlake, TX 77659

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1623

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 05/23/1985

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 05/23/1985

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360643530

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14399901

Event: 05/14/1985

Employee killed when crushed by falling truck bed

Employee #1 was attempting to repair a 1-ton dump truck that was being used for an underground utility project. The truck's power take-off would not raise its dump bed, so Employee #1 crawled under the truck, removed the cover, and opened the hydraulic valve by hand to raise the bed. A coworker went to look for a block to put under the bed. When Employee #1 saw the valve from above he noticed that the control wire operating the valve from inside the truck was bent but he did not realize that he had bent it when opening the valve. When Employee #1 tried to straighten the control wire he released the hydraulic pressure, causing the dump bed to fall. He was crushed him against the truck frame and killed.

Keywords: REPAIR, AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, DUMP TRUCK, POWER TAKE-OFF, DUMP TRUCK BED

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100318047			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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