Inspection Detail

Inspection: 305012767 - Jbm Transportation

Inspection Information - Office: Allentown Area Office

Inspection Nr: 305012767

Report ID: 0317900

Date Opened: 05/16/2002

Site Address:
Jbm Transportation
#1 Sinter Road
Fairless Hills, PA 19030

Mailing Address:
4343 Trego Road, Keedysville, MD 21756

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:4789

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: No Insp/Other

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 05/16/2002

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 07/12/2002

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	101320380

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201320371

Event: 05/16/2002

Employee killed by falling load from forklift

A tractor trailer was loaded with 6-in. steel well casings. Each pipe was 20 ft long and bundled with seven pipes. The load weighed approximately 1,500 pounds. A forklift operator placed a bundle on top of the bottom layer however, the cribbing was not in the proper location. Employee #1, a truck driver, went to reposition the cribbing when the load fell from the forks crushing and killing him.

Keywords: INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, PIPE, TRUCK DRIVER, PIN, PINNED, CRUSHED, TRUCK, FALL

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	305012767			Fatality	Other	Truck drivers, heavy

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