Inspection Detail

Inspection: 110042033 - Brazos Motor Transport, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Fort Worth Area Office

Investigation Summary

On or about January 29, 1996, Employee #1 and coworkers were preparing for the day's work. Employee #1 was the first in line of about 15 other trucks waiting to load asphalt. He had pulled his truck under the asphalt hopper and stopped when the hopper broke loose from the silo and approximately 160 tons of asphalt fell onto the truck. Employee #1, who was sitting in the cab, was crushed and killed.

Keywords: LOADING, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, CRUSHED, FLOWING MATERIAL, STRUCK BY, HOPPER, SILO, TRUCK DRIVER