Inspection Detail

Inspection: 107705998 - American Freightways

Inspection Information - Office: Little Rock Area Office

Inspection Nr: 107705998

Report ID: 0627100

Date Opened: 05/10/1993

Site Address:
American Freightways
5701 Lindsey Rd.
Little Rock, AR 72205

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:4231

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 05/11/1993

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 06/08/1993

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360438105

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 568949

Event: 05/09/1993

Employee crushed to death between jackknifed trailers

Employee #1 was a truck driver who had dropped 2 trailers at the terminal and was picking up 2 more to transport out of state. Employee #1 had completed coupling both trailers and was raising the landing gear on the rear trailer. Apparently the employee had not secured the rig from rolling (i.e., set the tractor's parking brake, engaged the trailer's supply valve, and pulled down on the trailer's hand valve). When he lifted the landing gear and realized it was rolling backward, he ran between the 2 trailers and turned off the service brake and emergency brake valve handles. This action would have caused the emergency brake to apply on the rear trailer after a few seconds, but had no effect on the front trailer and tractor which continued rolling and jackknifed. Employee #1 was fatally crushed between the rear of the front trailer and the tongue of the rear trailer.

Keywords: BRAKE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, TRACTOR TRAILER, TRAILER, TRUCK DRIVER

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107705998			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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