October 14, 1988
OK · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
Fatality · MACHINERY
Hickory Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
VICTIM WAS SERVICING LEFT FRONT HYDRAULIC GAS STRUT ON TRUCK. UPON INSPECTION OF STRUT VICTIM SDISCOVERED FILM OF OIL ON STRUT. HE CLIMBED UPON LEFT FRONT TIRE DIRECTLY UNDER FENDER. AS VIC TIM LOOSENED THREE BOLTS TO COVER PLATE OF STRUT, PRESSURE WAS RELEASED ON STRUT CYLINDER CAUSING FENDER TO FALL ONTO VICTIMS BACK AND MID-SECTION CRUSHING HIM.