Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14247027 - Employee killed when caught between truck and storage rack

Accident Summary Nr: 14247027 -- Report ID: 0317500 -- Event Date: 03/06/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17837097	03/09/1987	3714	0	Rockwell International Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1 entered a storage aisle to get an automotive part from a steel storage rack. He was bending over the rack to get the part at the same time as a sideloader entered the aisle. Employee #1 became caught between the end of the limit and the vertical channel post of the storage rack. He died of internal injuries. The sideloader had been manufactured by the Raymond Corporation, Greene, NY, and was used to store and remove parts from the storage aisle. No warning system had been devised to alert employees of approaching sideloaders nor to alert sideloaders of an employee's presence.

Keywords: WORK RULES, ALARM, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, STORAGE RACK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17837097			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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