Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14213961 - EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY MATERIAL FALLING FROM FORKLIFT

Accident Summary Nr: 14213961 -- Report ID: 0454716 -- Event Date: 03/22/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3235520	03/26/1985	2657	0	Triad Packaging Inc Of Tennessee

Abstract: A FORKLIFT OPERATOR UNLOADED TWO BALES OF CARDBOARD FROM A DELIVERY TRUCK. AS HE BACKED UP WITH THE LOAD TO AN AREA NEAR THE BACK OF THE PLANT, THE TOP BALE (60 INCHES WIDE BY 90 INCHES LONG BY 46 INCHES HIGH) SLID OFF THE LOAD AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 FROM BEHIND AS SHE OPERATED A BANDSAW. SHE WAS KILLED.

Keywords: UNSECURED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3235520			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Slicing and cutting machine operators

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