Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14423230 - Employee crushed to death when hydraulic line fails

Accident Summary Nr: 14423230 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 06/29/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106584899	06/30/1994	4212	0	Don Goodwin Trucking

Abstract: Employee #1, a driver of a tractor trailer, was delivering rock to a batch plant in a 37 foot frameless dump trailer. The hydraulic lift controls are located on the rear of the tractor's frame, so that the operator stands between the tractor's rear dual tires and the diesel fuel saddle tank. When the trailer had been raised to approximately 80 percent of its fully raised position, the hydraulic line that ran from the controller to the trailer ruptured. The complete loss of hydraulic pressure caused the trailer to fall, pushing the tractor suddenly forward and crushing the employee under the rear tractor dual tires. Employee #1 died.

Keywords: DELIVERY WORK, HYDRAULIC LIFT, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, HYDRAULIC LINE, RUPTURE, CRUSHED, TRACTOR TRAILER, FALLING OBJECT, TRUCK DRIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106584899			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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