Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 100393.015 - Employee is killed in fall from flat bed trailer

Accident Summary Nr: 100393.015 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 10/31/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1274563.015	11/01/2017		321113	Ray H. Miller Logging And Lumber, Llc

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on October 31, 2017, Employee #1 was laying wood (dunnage) on a flat bed Ravens trailer. Employee #1 was tasked to go to an off-site location and pick up a load of CANTS (load of wood) and return to the company. Employee #1 had set six 4 inch by 4 inch by 8 feet wood dunnage on the flatbed trailer and the forklift operator had already set a 2 by 2 of CANTS in place (front of trailer). The truck load was supposed to be 12 CANTS total (6 on the bottom and 6 stacked on top of them). The forklift operator went back to get two more. When the forklift driver returned he found Employee #1 on the ground and called on the radio for help. Employee #1 had been putting small pieces of dunnage (placed between CANTS to enable stacking and forklift access) on the trailer and fell forward. Employee #1 was taken to Wooster Community Hospital where he died. Employee #1 fell from an unspecified height and sustained many broken bones in his face and 3 fractures in his neck.

Keywords: Dunnage, Face, Fall, Flatbed Truck, Fracture, Neck

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1274563.015	60	M	Fatality		Truck drivers, heavy

Thank You for Visiting Our Website

You are exiting the Department of Labor's Web server.

The Department of Labor does not endorse, takes no responsibility for, and exercises no control over the linked organization or its views, or contents, nor does it vouch for the accuracy or accessibility of the information contained on the destination server. The Department of Labor also cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked Web sites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked Web site. Thank you for visiting our site. Please click the button below to continue.