Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142755.015 - Employee is crushed and killed when forklift boom comes down

Accident Summary Nr: 142755.015 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 01/11/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1572651.015	01/12/2022		238120	Fed Corporation

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on January 11, 2022, an employee operated a Genie extendible boom forklift (Model # GTH-1056). At some point, the employee stopped the forklift and set the parking brake but left the machine running and controls operational while the employee reached out and under the forklift boom for an unknown reason. The employee somehow contacted the main boom control lever and caused the boom to lower down onto the employee and crush them between the boom and the forklift body. The employee was later found killed by three coworkers, still caught between the boom and forklift body.

Keywords: Boom, Caught Between, Control Lever, Crushed, Forklift, Operating, Operator, Reaching

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1572651.015	29	M	Fatality		Strctural Iron /& Steel Worker	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing metal siding Fatality Cause:

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