Fatality Narrative: Truck Driver Crushed Between Two Trailers

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• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  A 51-year-old truck driver died when his semi-truck and attached trailer rolled backward, crushing him between his trailer and a parked trailer. The driver had driven semi-trucks for 40 years. He had worked for his employer, a freight trucking company, for 13 years. On the day of the incident, the driver arrived at a customer truck yard to pick up a flatbed trailer. He backed his truck up to the trailer, alongside another trailer. His truck ended up parked at a slight angle from both trailers. The lot gently sloped downward to the rear of the truck and trailers. He got out and hooked up the trailer to his truck. He did not set the parking brake. He also did not chock the wheels of his truck or the trailer. Then he walked around to the passenger side where the trailer's landing gear was located. He stood between the two trailers and began cranking up the landing gear. When he raised the landing gear, the truck and trailer rolled backward, crushing him between the two trailers. State investigators found that the driver was not carrying wheel chocks, as the employer did not require their drivers to carry and use chocks when picking up trailers. The drivers used chocks only when loading and unloading trailers at docks. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Automobiles
  • Environmental Exposure
  • Occupational Health
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Factors
  • Safety
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Trucking
  • Truck drivers
  • Drivers
  • Personal protective equipment
  • PPE
  • Personal protection
  • Protective equipment
  • Training
  • Safety
  • Safety equipment
  More +
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20056068
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 71-182-2019, 2019 May; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatality narrative: truck driver crushed between two trailers
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228919/cdc_228919_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 257.81 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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