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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221516834

ROEHL TRANSPORT, INC.

Event
Backing Up, Caught Between, Connecting, Crushed, Crushing, Tractor, Tractor Trailer, Tractor--Truck, Trailer
NAICS
484121
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#346362254
Employer profile
ROEHL TRANSPORT, INC.
Summary number
221516834
Report ID
0419700

Event description

Employee is killed while helping couple tractor trailer

Investigation abstract

At 10:23 a.m. on November 29, 2022, an employee was standing outside the cab of a tractor directing a coworker to connect the tractor to the trailer using the fifth wheel attachment. As the coworker backed the tractor, the employee stepped between the tractor and the trailer and was crushed between them. The employee died due to crushing injuries.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 52 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    7056

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