Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 114599.015 - Employee is crushed and killed by falling press brake

Accident Summary Nr: 114599.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 09/21/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1348195.015	09/21/2018		332710	Big Red Machine Shop, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. on September 21, 2018, five employees from two different companies were loading large machine shop equipment onto a flat bed truck during the liquidation of one of the companies. While loading a large tube bender on the truck using a forklift, an unsecured mechanical press brake, previously loaded onto the truck, listed and fell from the truck bed and landed on one of the employees. The employee sustained fatal blunt force trauma / crushing injuries with the cause of death listed as exsanguination.

Keywords: Crushed, Falling Object, Loading, Press Brake, Unsecured

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1348195.015	67	M	Fatality		Machinists

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