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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221380702

317729096 - SWIFT TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC

Event
Backing Up, Crushed, Motor Vehicle, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Trailer Truck, Warehouse
NAICS
488510
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345473045
Employer profile
317729096 - SWIFT TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC
Summary number
221380702
Report ID
1054111

Event description

Employee is killed when crushed by trailer truck

Investigation abstract

At approximately 02:27 p.m. on August 03, 2021, a driver team (an employee and a coworker) were hooking up a set of doubles (two trailers to a semi) when the employee got out of the semi. The coworker was backing up to the load and believed the employee was going inside to use the bathroom. After the coworker backed up, he got out to find that the employee was between the dolly and the trailer. The employee was pronounced dead on scene.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 56 F

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    804

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