Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14466312 - Employee injured when caught under forklift, later dies

Accident Summary Nr: 14466312 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 05/05/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2313674	05/18/1988	3443	0	Gorbett-Holloway Fabricators

Abstract: Employees #1, age 19, and two coworkers were in a storage yard getting sheet steel for the production shop. When the steel had been sorted and picked up by a forklift, Employee #1 jumped on the forklift as it was backing up and fell between the dual wheels on the front of the lift. He suffered bruises and severely sprained knees and ankles. Complications set in later, and a blood clot was released into his bloodstream. The clot entered Employee #1's heart and killed him on May 5, 1988.

Keywords: KNEE, BLOOD CLOT, WORK RULES, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, SPRAIN, ANKLE, CONTUSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2313674			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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