Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 140632.015 - Employee is killed from chest injury after struck by PIT

Accident Summary Nr: 140632.015 -- Report ID: 0316100 -- Event Date: 10/26/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1560790.015	10/27/2021		541715	Assurance Technology Corporation

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on October 26, 2021, an employee had been operating Operating a Daewoo Model G32E Powered Industrial Truck (PIT) equipped with fork extenders. After the employee dumped material from the PIT into a 30-yard dumpster, he exited the vehicle. It is presumed that the employee was trying to retrieve a fork extender that had fallen off in the dumpster when the PIT rolled back and struck him. The employee was killed due to blunt force trauma to his chest. The fork extenders had not been authorized by the manufacturer.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Catch Point, Chest, Crushed, Cut, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Dumpster, Forklift, Forks, Industrial Truck, Laceration, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Off Loading, Pinched, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Struck Against, Struck By, Unauthorized

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1560790.015	54	M	Fatality

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