Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 128878.015 - Employee is crushed and killed by falling lift truck
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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1489463.015 | 08/23/2020 | 493130 | Louisiana Cotton Warehouses |
Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on August 21, 2020, an employee, a foreman, was repairing a lift truck. The employee lifted the truck utilizing a second lift truck. The employee raised the lift truck from the rear and crawled underneath to install the starter, leaving it raised on the lift truck forks. A fall-stop was not used. The lift truck slipped off the forks and fell on top of the employee, crushing and killing him. The employee's body was discovered by a coworker.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 1489463.015 | 45 | M | Fatality | Farm workers |