Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14354252 - EMPLOYEE FELL OFF FORKLIFT TRUCK AND WAS RUN OVER

Accident Summary Nr: 14354252 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 06/23/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101052421	06/24/1986	2421	0	Shearouse Lumber Company

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE RIDING AS PASSENGERS ON AN INDUSTRIAL TRUCK (CATERPILLAR FORKLIFT TRUCK MODEL V 250 B, SERIAL NUMBER 72Y00797). THE FORKLIFT WAS EQUIPPED WITH AN OPERATOR'S SEAT BUT WAS NOT DESIGNED TO SAFELY ACCOMODATE ANY PASSENGERS. AS THE TRUCK NEGOTIATED A LEFT HAND TURN, EMPLOYEE #1, WHO HAD BEEN ON THE TRUCK'S RIGHT SIDE, FELL OR JUMPED OFF, AND WAS RUN OVER. HE SUSTAINED MULTIPLE INJURIES AND DIED APPROXIMATELY THREE HOURS LATER WHILE IN SURGERY.

Keywords: WORK RULES, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, RUN OVER, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101052421			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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