OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14400402
RYDER TRUCK RENTAL INC
DALLAS, TX·
Event description
Employee killed when trailer falls from blocks
Investigation abstract
On October 31, 1985, Employee #1, a truck mechanic with Ryder Truck Rental, Inc. , was making repairs underneath a vehicle transport trailer that was sitting ato p wooden blocks. The trailer, whose wheels had been removed, was connected to a Ford LN 900 diesel truck. While Employee #1 was working on the trailer's axle, t he truck moved approximately 12 to 13 in., causing the trailer to fall off the b locks and onto his chest. Employee #1 was killed. The wheels on the diesel truck were not chocked and its parking brake was not set.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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