Inspection Detail

Inspection: 100360619 - Rogers Grading & Trucking Co., Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Atlanta East Area Office

Inspection Nr: 100360619

Report ID: 0418100

Date Opened: 08/10/1986

Site Address:
Rogers Grading & Trucking Co., Inc.
152 Rock Quarry Road
Stockbridge, GA 30281

Mailing Address:
7611 Rock Mountain Rd. P.O. Box 266, Lithonia, GA 30058

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:4212

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/11/1986

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 08/13/1986

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360711378

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14332589

Event: 08/01/1986

EMPLOYEE CRUSHED WHILE TRYING TO STOP ROLLING DUMP TRUCK

AT ABOUT 9:15 AM ON AUGUST 1, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1, A DUMP TRUCK DRIVER, WAS DISCUSSING THE DAY'S PLANNED WORK ACTIVITIES WITH ANOTHER DUMP TRUCK DRIVER. THE BOTH HAD STOPPED THEIR TRUCKS AND HAD GOTTEN OUT TO TALK. EMPLOYEE #1 FAILED TO SET THE EMERGENCY BRAKES ON HIS TRUCK. WHEN HE NOTICED IT ROLLING FORWARD, HE RAN AFTER IT TO TRY TO STOP IT. HIS TRUCK ROLLED TO THE LEFT, INTO THE STATIONARY TRUCK. HE WAS CAUGHT AND CRUSHED BETWEEN THE TWO TRUCKS. HE SUFFERED NUMEROUS BROKEN BONES AND A CRUSHED CHEST. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 10:15 AM.

Keywords: CHEST, FRACTURE, BRAKE, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, TRUCK, DUMP TRUCK, UNMANNED

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100360619			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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