Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14211577 - CRUSHED BY OVERHEAD GUARD ON INDUSTRIAL TRUCK

Accident Summary Nr: 14211577 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 06/06/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14830756	06/06/1984	3496	0	Long Fence Co Inc

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A FORKLIFT TRUCK (CLARK LIFT MODEL CF 50 B, SN 544-689, BUILT AROUND 1965) PREPARING TO LOAD MATERIAL FOR THE DAY. THE FORKLIFT WAS STUCK IN A HOLE IN THE STORAGE YARD SO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, OPERATING A TRUCK, PUSHED THE FORK LIFT OUT OF THE HOLE. WHILE EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DRIVING THE FORKLIFT AWAY FROM THE HOLE, THE OVERHEAD GUARD FELL, PINNING HIS HEAD AND SHOULDERS AGAINST THE PROPANE TANK HOUSING. ANOTHER FORKLIFT WAS BROUGHT OVER TO RAISE THE OVERHEAD GUARD, RELEASING THE EMPLOYEE. HE WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO PRINCE GEORGES GENERAL HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 8:05 AM.

Keywords: HEAD, OVERHEAD GUARD, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14830756			Fatality	Concussion	Supervisors; brickmasons, stonemasons, tilesetters

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