Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 102393.015 - Truck driver is killed when engulfed by cattle feed

Accident Summary Nr: 102393.015 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 01/17/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1288288.015	01/18/2018		484121	Elrod Truck Service, Llc

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on January 17, 2018, an employee was unloading feed from a tractor/trailer rig with a tilting dump bed at a dairy Farm. The feed was frozen to the trailer walls. As the employee was at the back of the trailer with a pitch fork, attempting to free the feed, he became engulfed by the feed when it broke free. As a result, the employee suffered asphyxiation.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Material Handling, Tractor Trailer, Truck Driver

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1288288.015	56	M	Fatality		Driver-sales workers

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