Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 127586.015 - Employee is crushed and killed when forklift tips over

Accident Summary Nr: 127586.015 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 07/07/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1482455.015	07/08/2020		484121	Averitt Express Inc.

Abstract: At 10:00 p.m. on July 7, 2020, an employee was working for a firm that provided general, long-distance, truckload freight trucking. He was loading a forklift onto a ramp or platform for service. The employee drove the forklift up the ramp and then began to back it back down. As he was doing this, the left rear tire fell off the ramp. The forklift fell off the ramp, and the employee was ejected. The canopy of the forklift landed on the employee. He was pinned between the canopy and the cement ground. The employee suffered crushing injuries. He was killed.

Keywords: Backing Up, Crushed, Dock, Ejected, Falling Object, Forklift, Ind Trk Operator, Industrial Truck, Loading Ramp, Overturn, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Ramp

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1482455.015	55	M	Fatality		Automobile mechanic apprentices

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