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Accident: 201271830 - Truck Bed Fatally Crushes Employee

Accident: 201271830 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 11/24/2003
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
30701379711/26/20037538Kenneth J Mcdaniel Garage
Employee #1 was repairing an ICU hydraulic block on a garbage truck. The props were not utilized on the bed of the truck. The pressure on the hydraulic lines was released and the bed of the truck came down on top of Employee #1 killing him.
Keywords: garbage truck, hydraulic line, crushed, pressure piping, truck, abrasion, contusion
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 307013797 Fatality Bruise/Contus/Abras Occupation not reported

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