Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14254734 - FORKLIFT OPERATOR KILLED WHEN STACK OF LUMBER FELL ONTO LIFT

Accident Summary Nr: 14254734 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 07/27/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3036902	08/03/1987	5031	0	Georgia Pacific Corp.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A POWERED FORKLIFT. HE ATTEMPTED TO SQUARE A 17 FOOT PINE LUMBER STACK THAT WAS 6 BUNDLES HIGH. EMPLOYEE #1 PUSHED AT THE HALF WAY POINT OF THE STACK WITH A BUNDLE OF FIRWOOD ON THE FORK BLADES. THE TOP TWO BUNDLES, WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 7800 LBS TOTAL (AND A PARTIAL BURST THIRD BUNDLE), FELL ONTO THE OVERHEAD SUPPORT OF THE FORK LIFT. UNAPPROVED UTILITY LAMPS HAD BEEN ATTACHED VIA DRILLED BOLT HOLES THROUGH THE OVERHEAD SAFETY CAGE. THE WEAKENED METAL BROKE WHERE THE HOLES HAD BEEN DRILLED. THE FALLING WOOD AND THE SAFETY CAGE FELL ONTO EMPLOYEE #1, INFLICTING A FATAL TRAUMA INJURY TO THE HEAD.

Keywords: HEAD, WORK RULES, OVERHEAD GUARD, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LUMBER STACK, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3036902			Fatality	Concussion	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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