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Accident Summary Nr: 14504997 - EMPLOYEE DROVE FORKLIFT INTO DITCH - CRUSHED AGAINST GROUND

Accident Summary Nr: 14504997 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 08/12/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1886225	08/13/1985	5211	0	Walker Lumber Company

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS RETURNING TO A LUMBER YARD AFTER DELIVERING SHINGLES TO A RESIDENCE. HE HAD JUST MADE A TURN ONTO A BLACKTOP ROAD WHEN A YOUNG PERSON CAME OUT OF A HOUSE HE HAD JUST PASSED AND HOLLERED AT HIM. AS HE TURNED AROUND THE FORKLIFT WENT INTO THE RIGHT HAND DITCH. HE WAS THROWN FROM THE SEAT. THE DITCH HAD ABOUT A 2 FOOT SLOPE. THE FORKLIFT LAID OVER ONTO EMPLOYEE #1, BREAKING ONE ARM AND CRUSHING HIS HEAD AND NECK. THE POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE. THE FORK LIFT WAS CHECKED OUT AND FOUND TO BE OK. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD DRIVEN THE FORK LIFT FOR PART OF TWO SUMMERS AS A PART TIME EMPLOYEE. THE PERSON WHO HOLLERED AT HIM THOUGHT HE HAD SIDESWIPED A CAR 150 FEET BACK.

Keywords: HEAD, DITCH, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, NECK, ARM, LOST CONTROL, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1886225			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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