Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1648283.015 - Paso Del Norte Freight, Llc

Inspection Information - Office: Dallas Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1648283.015

Report ID: 0626300

Date Opened: 02/03/2023

Site Address:
Paso Del Norte Freight, Llc
2706 E Marshall Ave.
Longview, TX 75605

Mailing Address:
10152 Tapir Ct., El Paso, TX 79924

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 484121/ General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload

Inspection Type: Fat/Cat

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/03/2023

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 03/31/2023

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	1994876

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 154518.015

Event: 02/02/2023

Employee is killed when crushed by heavy pipe that fell from

At 1:15 p.m. on February 2, 2023, an employee working as a truck driver for freight business was standing on the driver side of trailer tightening a cargo strap on a load of heavy pipe. The strap ran from under a pipe located on the bottom at the driver side to over a pipe located on the bottom at the passenger side. As the employee tightened the strap, it lifted the bottom pipe on the driver side. A second pipe located on top of the bottom pipe and had not yet been secured with a cargo strap. As the lower pipe raised, it caused the second pipe on top to move and fall off the trailer towards the employee. The pipe fell on the employee crushed him cutting him in half. The employee was killed instantly.

Keywords: Crushed, Cut, Delivery Work, Falling Object, Inexperience, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Loading, Material Handling, Metal Pipe, Pipe, Trailer, Trailer Truck, Truck Driver, Unsecured

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1648283.015	52	M	Fatality		Truck Driver: Heavy/Tractor-Trailer

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