Inspection Detail

Inspection: 301989208 - Lafourche Sugars Corp.

Inspection Information - Office: Baton Rouge Area Office

Inspection Nr: 301989208

Report ID: 0625700

Date Opened: 03/02/1998

Site Address:
Lafourche Sugars Corp.
141 Leighton Dr.
Thibodeaux, LA 70301

Mailing Address:
P.O.Box 551, Thibodeaux, LA 70301

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2061

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 03/04/1998

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 04/16/1998

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360907687

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200550127

Event: 02/27/1998

Employee killed when dump trailer falls on truck cab

Employee #1 and a coworker, both truck drivers, were each unloading their 50,000 cubic foot capacity dump trucks full of raw sugar in a warehouse at a sugar refinery. They had backed up to the sugar pile, with their vehicles parallel to one another and 11 feet 10 inches apart. The sugar mill foreman was standing between them. As the coworker's hydraulic truck bed ram lifted his trailer body about 20 ft in the air, the load apparently shifted and the trailer started to twist to the right. The bolts holding the hydraulic truck bed ram to the truck frame failed and the trailer fell, crashing into the cab of Employee #1's truck. He was killed. The sugar mill foreman was also killed (see ID # 200550119).

Keywords: HYDRAULIC RAM, LOAD SHIFT, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, BOLT, DUMP TRUCK, MECH MAT HANDLING, OFF LOADING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, DUMP TRUCK BED

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301989208			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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