Inspection Detail

Inspection: 126709864 - Ronald Major Defoe

Inspection Information - Office: Or-E-Salem 1054100

Investigation Summary

At approximately 9:30 a.m. on April 13, 1998, Employee #1 was unloading 8 1/2 ft long by 6 ft wide livestock corral fencing panels from a flatbed trailer. The panels consisted of 2 in. diameter round steel pipes, and each panel weighed approximately 300 lb. Three panels were bound together with a "short" at the lower section, while the top sections were secured with a long link chain hooked onto a heavy steel "bucking horse" chute on the left side of the trailer bed. After Employee #1 released the chain binder on the trailer's left side, he went to the back of the trailer. to pull on the loose chain on the right side. He was pulling on the loose chain on the right side when the pipe panels tipped over and fell on top of him. Employee #1 was hospitalized with severe head and spinal cord injuries.

Keywords: HEAD, PANEL, SPINE, AGRICULTURE, UNSECURED PANEL, OFF LOADING, STRUCK BY, OVERTURN, UNSTABLE POSITION