Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14497135 - Employee killed when forklift slips off jack

Accident Summary Nr: 14497135 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 05/01/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106575350	05/08/1989	2679	0	J & S Manufacturing, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, the shop foreman, apparently raised a forklift with an inappropriate jack. While he was underneath the forklift, it slipped off the jack; he was crushed and killed. Employee #1 failed to put blocks underneath the forklift. There were no witnesses to the accident.

Keywords: BLOCKS, WORK RULES, SLIP, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALLING OBJECT, JACK, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106575350			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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