Inspection Detail

Inspection: 101260925 - Suwannee Lumber Mfg. Company Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Jacksonville Area Office

Investigation Summary

AT 11:10 AM ON JANUARY 18, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 AND HIS SON TOOK AN OLD 1940 ARM TRUCK TO GET A TRUCK FRAME OUT OF THE JUNK PILE. THE TRUCK HAD A HOMEMADE 20 FOOT HOIST WHICH CAME FROM THE TRUCK BED OVER THE CAB TO THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK. EMPLOYEE #1 DROVE THE TRUCK FORWARD INTO THE JUNK PILE. HIS SON HOOKED UP THE OLD TRUCK FRAME. A COUPLE OF ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO LIFT THE TRUCK FRAME. ON THE LAST ATTEMPT, THEY HEARD A POPPING NOISE. THE FRAME SPLIT AND THE STEERING WHEEL CAME TOWARD EMPLOYEE #1, STRIKING HIM AND CRUSHING HIS CHEST. HE DIED AT 3:40 PM THE SAME DAY.

Keywords: CHEST, DISINTEGRATED, CRUSHED, TRUCK, STRUCK BY, STEERING WHEEL