OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221413370

C & T DURHAM TRUCKING CO.

HARRISONBURG, VA· 2021-11-17T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Elevated Work Plat, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Head, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Platform, Rib, Skull, Tractor Trailer, Trailer, Truck, Truck Driver, Walking Surface, Work Surface
NAICS: 484121
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345650675
Employer profile: C & T DURHAM TRUCKING CO.
Summary number: 221413370
Report ID: 0355116

Event description

Employee is killed in fall from truck platform to ground

Investigation abstract

At 6:45 a.m. on November 17, 2021, an employee was hooking up brake lines and electrical lights on a semi-truck to a tanker when he fell onto the hard ground below. The employee had been standing on a platform approximately 3.5 feet off the ground when he fell and struck his head and chest causing a skull fracture and multiple broken ribs. The employee was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 81 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
7056

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