Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14312680 - Employee killed when crushed between forklift and pavement

Accident Summary Nr: 14312680 -- Report ID: 0213100 -- Event Date: 09/22/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106535313	09/23/1988	4213	0	G.T.G. Trucking Corp.

Abstract: Employee #1, an over-the-road truck driver, returned to the company warehouse during the lunch hour. Not wanting to wait for the regular forklift operator to return from lunch, Employee #1 mounted a forklift and proceeded at high speed down a ramp to the parking lot. He made a sharp left turn and the forklift overturned, crushing him to death between the forklift's protective canopy and the pavement.

Keywords: SPEEDING, WORK RULES, ROPS, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, SHARP TURN, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106535313			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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