Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 110405.015 - Employee is killed when pinned between forklift and trash co

Accident Summary Nr: 110405.015 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 10/24/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1356003.015	10/25/2018		562910	Mps Group, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on October 24, 2018, an employee was driving a Hyster H100FT sit-down forklift and was unloading material from a metal basket into a trash compactor when the basket fell off the forks into the compactor. The employee dismounted the forklift truck with the forks raised and entered the front of the trash compactor. The employee was pinned in the compactor when the forklift rolled forward and trapped him between the forklift's mast and compactor. The employee was discovered on October 25, 2018, and was transported to the local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Keywords: Caught Between, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Trash Compactor

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1356003.015	48	M	Fatality		Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators

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