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Accident Summary Nr: 14567267 - CRUSHED BY FALLING FORKLIFT LOAD

Accident Summary Nr: 14567267 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 11/15/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3194123	12/06/1984	1796	0	Folghum Industries

Abstract: ON NOVEMBER 15, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 2:15 PM, TWO EMPLOYEES WERE ATTEMPTING TO UNLOAD A 1,800 POUND CUTLER-HAMMER MOTOR CONTROL CENTER FROM AN ENCLOSED TRACTOR TRAILER. THEY WERE USING A FOGHUM FORK LIFT, MODEL #213T16000. THE CONTROL CENTER WAS 717 INCHES HIGH BY 15 INCHES WIDE BY 8 FEET, 4 INCHES LONG. IT WAS FASTENED TO A PALLET 40 INCHES WIDE. THEY COULD NOT GET BOTH FORKS OF THE FORKLIFT UNDER THE LOAD. THEY THEREFORE INSERTED ONE FORK LENGTHWISE UNDER THE MOTOR CONTROL CENTER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ON ONE SIDE OF THE LOAD AND EMPLOYEE #2 ON THE OTHER AS IT WAS LOWERED TO THE GROUND. THE IMPROPERLY BALANCED LOAD FELL ONTO EMPLOYEE #1, CAUSING MULTIPLE INJURIES. HE DIED ON DECEMBER 1, 1984. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS KNOCKED UNCONCIOUS WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE LOAD FROM FALLING. HE ALSO SUFFERED A FRACTURED THUMB.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, THUMB, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3194123			Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.
2	3194123			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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