driver killed at steel tech, TN.
 

I was at the plant 1 day before this happened & 5 p.m the day it happened. from what I read, it is still unclear if the man was an employee of steel tech, or an outside carrier. the report say's outside carrier, but the update say's employee of the co,

Originally Posted by heavyhaulerss:
I was at the plant 1 day before this happened & 5 p.m the day it happened. from what I read, it is still unclear if the man was an employee of steel tech, or an outside carrier. the report say's outside carrier, but the update say's employee of the co,

Bundle of steel fall on him?

Steel Technologies CEO releases statement regarding fatal incident at Murfreesboro facility | tennessean.com | The Tennessean

Police identify man involved in fatal incident at Murfreesboro steel facility | tennessean.com | The Tennessean

Good Lord, that's terrible! Godspeed!

I have delivered to that plant before. Some plants won't allow a driver to be on his trailer when it is being loaded. Of course, it didn't say if he was on the truck or standing on the ground when it happened.

Originally Posted by heavyhaulerss:
I was at the plant 1 day before this happened & 5 p.m the day it happened. from what I read, it is still unclear if the man was an employee of steel tech, or an outside carrier. the report say's outside carrier, but the update say's employee of the co,

Steel Technologies CEO releases statement regarding fatal incident at Murfreesboro facility | dnj.com | The Daily News Journal

forgot to include the link.

Steel coil? 5,000 pounds? Not very big. Must have been one of, at least, several. Perhaps the driver was on the trailer, tying the others down. The article also says that he crane operator was trying to set the coil down. The driver may have been on the floor, adjusting his dunnage.

Not knowing how big or small, fast or slow this driver was, I would expect that if he had been alongside the trailer, he would have ducked under it. (I did that once, and dropped and rolled under the beams to the other side to get away from some pipes that went astray. Boy, was I a filthy mess when I stood up.) On top of the trailer, and busy chaining down other coils, he may not have realized he was in danger.

Something else I just thought of. Anytime there's an overhead crane, they make you wear a hardhat for your safety. When the load overhead weighs that much, I've never figured out where that hardhat does any good at all.:confused:

just another danger of hauling coils or steel, you gotta always be paying attention, hopefully other drivers will learn from this accident

Unless the crane broke it must be the crane operator's fault. Broken crane - maintenance' fault. Cables do wear and have had coil mill employees tell me of incidents.

I always keep my eye on the coil in the air and a path of quick escape planned if I am near it.



New Rules for Steel Tech: All drivers must wear full armor suits to get loaded.

I find it hard to believe a cable broke. a crane that lifts 40 to 50 thousand lbs daily would brake while holding a 5000 lb load. though It could happen.

Originally Posted by Windwalker:
Something else I just thought of. Anytime there's an overhead crane, they make you wear a hardhat for your safety. When the load overhead weighs that much, I've never figured out where that hardhat does any good at all.:confused:

The hard hat serves to mark the spot where the heavy object drills a hole in the ground, using the poor blighter as the drill !!

Here's what I heard
 

I asked the receiving guy this morning at the Madison, MS plant if he had heard what exactly happened at Murfreesboro.

He said the driver was told to get off the trailer but ignored the rules and was adjusting stuff on his trailer as they were loading 10" coils. The driver got hit by the coil, fell to the floor and the coil slipped off the C-hook and onto the driver.

Still crane operator's fault for continuing to load while driver was on trailer.




New sign at plant: "Drivers must be at least 20 feet away from trailer to get unloaded"

Originally Posted by YerDaddy:
I asked the receiving guy this morning at the Madison, MS plant if he had heard what exactly happened at Murfreesboro.

He said the driver was told to get off the trailer but ignored the rules and was adjusting stuff on his trailer as they were loading 10" coils. The driver got hit by the coil, fell to the floor and the coil slipped off the C-hook and onto the driver.

Still crane operator's fault for continuing to load while driver was on trailer.




New sign at plant: "Drivers must be at least 20 feet away from trailer to get unloaded"

Now, that does make much more sense. Very often, I was near the trailer when the crane was on the other end of the plant, but when a load of steel was coming to the truck, I was standing in front of the bumper. That load of steel pipes was one hell of a wake-up-call.

Even when it was a forklift loading me, I was still on my toes. I got to see a coil of aluminum go across the bed on a covered wagon and break loose the rub-rail and post pocket. Landed on the ground on the other side. Driver didn't get hurt, but the trailer had to be repaired before it would haul another load.

It doesn't matter if we like them or not, if we agree with them or not, the safety rules are there for a reason. Things unpleasant happen most often when those rules are ignored.

I was on a Chevron Refinery job where I was building cement pads & columns that held cross beams designed to hold large steel tanks. When I had the columns all prepared, they brought in a large crane to set the cross beams. A chain broke, and it whipped down with such force, it severed a mans arm off.

I've seen about 7 bad accidents, and 2 fatal during my construction years.

Was the guy killed an owner operator?