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Accident Summary Nr: 14544902 - Employee killed by overturned forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 14544902 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 10/13/1988
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
10598872910/14/198837130Fontaine Truck Equipment Co.

Abstract: At approximately 1:15 p.m. on October 31, 1988, Employee #1 was driving a forklift to a local filling station to get fuel. The travel procedure was to drive down the shoulder of the road in front of the plant in the opposite direction to the traffic. The left rear tire of the forklift went off the shoulder of the road and caused the forklift to roll over into a drainage ditch that was perpendicular to the road. The forklift landed on Employee #1 and killed him.

Keywords: EMBANKMENT, IND TRK OPERATOR, DITCH, ROLL-OVER, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, UNSTABLE SURFACE, OVERTURN, TIRE

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 105988729 Fatality Fracture Occupation not reported

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