Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170127468 - Employee killed when head pinned under trailer hitch

Accident Summary Nr: 170127468 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 06/13/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115085342	06/18/1997	1521	0	Ida Grove Homes Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was putting wood under the wheels of a Volvo tractor trailer when the trailer hitch came down on his head. Employee #1 was killed. The truck's jacks were used inappropriately, and the truck was neither blocked nor cribbed.

Keywords: HEAD, BLOCKS, PINNED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRAILER TRUCK, STRUCK BY, TRACTOR TRAILER, JACK, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	115085342			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by highway vehicle

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