Semi-Truck Driver Fatally Struck by Falling Flatbed Cage Door

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• Corporate Authors:
  Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE) ; University of Kentucky. College of Public Health. Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
• Description:
  On Monday, January 5, 2015, an equipment rental company driver drove to a construction jobsite to deliver elevator equipment. He climbed a ladder to unfasten the ratchet straps from the elevator equipment so that the crane operator could unload the equipment. He was standing to the right side of the flatbed rolling up the straps when the crane operator noticed the cage door shifting ; he yelled a warning to the victim and ran towards him. The 1000 lb cage door fell off the flatbed and struck the semi-driver in the head. The crane operator, another employee, and a bystander removed the cage door from the victim. Emergency medical services was immediately called and arrived within four minutes. The employees helped load the victim into the ambulance for transport to the nearest local hospital. The victim was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital. Recommendations for prevention: 1. Employers should implement a safety policy where employees should not place themselves in a possible fall shadow zone while flatbeds are being loaded, or unloaded. 2. Employers should establish work place safety guidelines for securing loads while loading and unloading. 3. Employers should implement a comprehensive safety and health program and provide training which includes hazard recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions, such as the hazards associated with loading and unloading equipment worksites.
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Construction Industry
  • Hazardous Substances
  • Mortality
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
  • Staff Development
  • Workplace
• Keywords:
  • OSHA Region 4
  • Accident-analysis
  • Accident-potential
  • Accident-prevention
  • Accidents
  • Injuries
  • Injury-prevention
  • Fatalities
  • Traumatic-injuries
  • Falling objects
  More +
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Machine (All) ; Machine - Construction
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE15KY001
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20049126
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2017-101401
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 15KY001, 2016 Feb ; :1-6
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  48-49 - Transportation and Warehousing - (NAICS) ; 484220 - Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  2005/07/01
• End Date:
  2026/06/30
• Resource Number:
  FACE-15KY001
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/165011/cdc_165011_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 243.42 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1f2682b03a0d8a6957559526e8c829423a62329da3783123dfe8a71fe4d3c156c789e42e645bca282ca3248aad5a27fc5a48a924418b6525a60a321330b218ee