Inspection Detail

Inspection: 106584899 - Don Goodwin Trucking

Inspection Information - Office: Wichita Area Office

Inspection Nr: 106584899

Report ID: 0729700

Date Opened: 06/30/1994

Site Address:
Don Goodwin Trucking
600 S. Hwy. #81
Wellington, KS 67152

Mailing Address:
4714 Alexander, Wichita, KS 67204

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:4212

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 11/03/1994

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 11/03/1994

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360382089

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14423230

Event: 06/29/1994

Employee crushed to death when hydraulic line fails

Employee #1, a driver of a tractor trailer, was delivering rock to a batch plant in a 37 foot frameless dump trailer. The hydraulic lift controls are located on the rear of the tractor's frame, so that the operator stands between the tractor's rear dual tires and the diesel fuel saddle tank. When the trailer had been raised to approximately 80 percent of its fully raised position, the hydraulic line that ran from the controller to the trailer ruptured. The complete loss of hydraulic pressure caused the trailer to fall, pushing the tractor suddenly forward and crushing the employee under the rear tractor dual tires. Employee #1 died.

Keywords: DELIVERY WORK, HYDRAULIC LIFT, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, HYDRAULIC LINE, RUPTURE, CRUSHED, TRACTOR TRAILER, FALLING OBJECT, TRUCK DRIVER

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106584899			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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