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Accident Summary Nr: 14340160 - EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN FORKLIFT AND STRUCTURAL SUPPORT

Accident Summary Nr: 14340160 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 06/28/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17436080	07/02/1985	2044	0	Cleveland Rice Mill, Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 DROVE A FORK LIFT TO THE FRONT OF AN OPEN STEEL STRUCTURE AND LEFT THE ENGINE RUNNING. A CO-WORKER ELEVATED THE FORKS, WITH EMPLOYEE #1 ON THEM, TO A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 4 FEET. HE THEN CLIMBED UP TO ASSIST WITH THE REINFORCMENT OF A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON, 2 1/2 BY 2 1/2 BY 1/4 INCHES, WITH SMALLER ANGLE IRON. THE CO-WORKER WAS ASKED TO GET DOWN AND REPAIR A LEAKING CUTTING TORCH HOSE. WHILE GETTING DOWN, OR WHILE AWAY FROM THE LIFT (WITNESS STATEMENTS VARY), THE LIFT STARTED MOVING SLOWLY FORWARD. THE FORKLIFT SUDDENLY LUNGED FORWARD, PINNING EMPLOYEE #1 BETWEEN THE LIFT'S MAST AND THE LARGER ANGLE IRON, WHICH WAS FASTENED HORIZONTALLY ACROSS THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE. EMPLOYEE #1'S CHEST WAS CRUSHED. HE DIED.

Keywords: CHEST, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, UNMANNED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17436080			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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