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Accident: 14346589 - House Trailer Fell On Employee

Accident: 14346589 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 11/21/1985
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
10037742311/22/19855271Boyce Mobile Home Service, Inc.
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS REMOVING AXLES AND WHEELS FROM THE UNDERSIDE OF A USED HOUSE TRAILER. THE TRAILER WAS BEING SET UP ON THE COMPANY SALES LOT. THE TRAILER HAD BEEN PLACED ON CONCRETE BLOCKS, BUT NOT IN CONFORMANCE WITH APPLICABLE FLORIDA STATE LAW. (THE BLOCKS WERE NOT STACKED WITH THE OPEN CELLS IN THE VERTICAL POSITION.) AS A RESULT, THE BLOCKS AT THE LEFT REAR OF THE TRAILER COLLAPSED, DROPPING THE TRAILER ONTO EMPLOYEE #1. HE WAS IN A KNEELING POSITION UNDER THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TRAILER. HE SUFFERED MULTIPLE FRACTURES AND WAS ASPHYXIATED.
Keywords: chest, fracture, asphyxiated, collapse, mobile home, struck by, concrete block
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 100377423 Fatality Other Occupation not reported

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