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Accident Summary Nr: 120005.015 - Employee spotting forklift operator is struck and killed by

Accident Summary Nr: 120005.015 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 09/16/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1432205.015	09/17/2019		238120	Power Mill Contractors Inc.

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on September 16, 2019, an employee was spotting forklift operator with a load. The employee turned away from the forklift as the forklift operator boomed out a piece of steel on the forks and struck a recently tack welded I-Beam column. The tack welds snapped and the I-Beam column fell over and struck the employee on the head. The crushing head injuries, caused by the falling I-Beam, killed the employee.

Keywords: Beam, Column, Crushed, Falling Object, Forklift, Head, Operating, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Struck Against, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
		New project or new addition			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1432205.015	61	M	Fatality

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