"aluminum weighed up to 2,600 pounds...fell onto the interstate"

Improper load securement is a hidden hazard that many workplaces are blind to. Here is a recent incident of a finished product separating from it transportation container.

While on the scene of that wreck, just under an hour later, another incident took place. This was at mile marker 131.8 on the northbound side of I-75. The wreck involved another commercial tractor and trailer along with an SUV.

Large aluminum parts were scattered across I-75.

One person in the SUV was injured and entrapped, and first responders with the local fire department extricated the patient. The patient was transported to the nearby hospital by ambulance.

The commercial tractor and trailer were hauling aluminum parts that weighed up to 2,600 pounds. The parts were knocked loose from the collision and fell onto the interstate.

One person in the SUV was injured and entrapped, and first responders with the local Volunteer Fire Department extricated the patient.

We pray that the injured drivers/pedestrians involved in this incident recover fully from their injuries.

What caught our attention to this incident was the loose ingots on the road. We assume that the ingots were loaded loose and not secured by pallets or strapped to the deck of the box trailer.

Though it appears from the photo suv vehicle did not strike an ingot on the roadway. A passing vehicle could have. We have reported numerous incidents involving passing vehicles striking items (e.g., billets, rolling ingots, rolls, foundry ingots, etc) that have come loose (or not secured at all) from a vehicle.

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