OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221392731

112334 - MCLANE FOOD SERVICE

CONNERSVILLE, IN· 2021-09-17T00:00:00

Event: Caught Between, Communication, Crushed, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Delivery Work, Door, Driving, Food Delivery Service, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Pinched, Rail, Ramp, Restaurant, Torso, Tractor Trailer, Trailer, Trailer Truck, Truck, Truck Driver, Wrench
NAICS: 424410
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345537351
Employer profile: 112334 - MCLANE FOOD SERVICE
Summary number: 221392731
Report ID: 0551800

Event description

Employee is killed when caught between trailer ramp and rail

Investigation abstract

At 11:38 a.m. on September 17, 2021, an employee and a coworker, both truck causing the trailer to slide. The employee was wedged between the ramp shoot and trailer rails underneath the trailer when the trailer moved killing him. drivers, were en route to a fast food restaurant when they notified dispatch about tandem issues with the truck trailer. The employee and coworker pulled into the restaurant around 3:20 a.m. to align the trailer to the main door ramp. They went into the restaurant and the coworker handled handled the invoice while the employee asked if the facility had a wrench they could use. When they left the restaurant, the employee went to the rear driver side of trailer and his coworker went to the cab of the truck. The employee was trying to manually release slider pins under the trailer while the coworker moved the tractor

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 48 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
999

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