Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14224133 - EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN CRUSHED BY INDUSTRIAL FORK TRUCK

Accident Summary Nr: 14224133 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 04/10/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3318706	04/11/1986	2026	0	Maryland Virginia Milk Producers, Assoc., Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 fell from a forklift during an accident and was struck and fatally injured by the overhead structure side brace. After two attempts to reach the top of an access ramp to re-enter the building with an electric fork truck Employee #1 backed off the ramp. While backing the machine down the ramp, Employee #1 turned the wheels on the equipment causing it to run off the side of the ramp. Employee #1 fell face first out of the seat and was subsequently hit in the back by the forklift which weighed approximately 7,800 pounds.

Keywords: RAMP, DRIVER, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, SEAT BELT, STRUCK BY, BACKING UP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3318706			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Extruding and forming machine operators

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