Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14198725 - EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN PINNED BETWEEN FORKLIFT AND TRUCK

Accident Summary Nr: 14198725 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 06/23/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108407487	07/26/1989	2086	0	Pepsi Cola Bottling Company Of Salisbury, Md

Abstract: On June 23, 1989, Employee #1 was operating an industrial truck (forklift) outdoors. He stopped the forklift, dismounted, and walked around the rear of the forklift to climb up into the cab of a tractor-trailer truck to move the tractor-trailer. When Employee #1 dismounted, he did not set the forklift's emergency brake. The forklift was loaded with empty soft drink cans approximately 8 feet high. The forklift was stopped on a hardtop surface with a grade of 2.5 to 3.0 degrees. As Employee #1 stepped up into the truck cab, the forklift was moving backwards. His right leg, in the knee area, was pinned between the rear counter weight of the forklift and the steel running-board step of the tractor-trailer. Employee #1's right leg was amputated in surgery approximately 3.5 weeks after the accident. The employee died 30 days after the accident from right lower extremity trauma with complications.

Keywords: KNEE, AMPUTATED, IND TRK OPERATOR, BRAKE, PINNED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, TRACTOR TRAILER, INATTENTION, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108407487			Fatality	Other	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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