Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14527956 - Employee dies after fall from flatbed trailer

Accident Summary Nr: 14527956 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 10/05/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101106649	10/29/1987	4221	0	Staplcotn

Abstract: Employee #1 was using a towmotor to unload bales of cotton from a flatbed trailer when he backed off the edge of the flatbed. He fell from the towmotor and the forks struck his hip. He developed a pulmonary embolism while in the hospital, and died on October 13, 1987.

Keywords: FALL, OFF LOADING, STRUCK BY, WALKING BACKWARD, FLATBED TRUCK, HIP, PULMONARY EMBOLISM, BACKING UP, INATTENTION, TOWMOTOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101106649			Fatality	Fracture	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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