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Accident Summary Nr: 14568794 - STRUCK BY FORK LIFT TRUCK

Accident Summary Nr: 14568794 -- Report ID: 1054113 -- Event Date: 05/30/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
15046279	05/31/1984	2421	0	Fort Hill Lumber Company

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS EMPLOYED AS A MECHANIC FOR THE FORT HILL LUMBER COMPANY OF WILLAMINA, OREGON. THE SPECIFIC WORK PROCESSES AT THE MILL INCLUDED SAWING, PLANING, STACKING, LOADING AND SHIPPING DIMENSION LUMBER AND TIMBERS. THE ENTIRE PROCESS WAS IN OPERATION AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS LAST SEEN, BY THE MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT, AT APPROXIMATELY 5:05 PM ON MAY 30, 1984, WORKING ON A FORK LIFT TRUCK IN THE MAINTENANCE SHOP. AT APPROXIMATELY 5:15 PM, HE WAS FOUND LYING ON THE PAVEMENT ABOUT 20 FEET FROM THE MAINTENANCE SHOP. HE APPARENTLY HAD BEEN STRUCK BY A VEHICLE. HE SUSTAINED A MASSIVE HEAD INJURY, WHICH WAS IN THE SHAPE OF A LIFT TRUCK FORK. NEITHER THE VEHICLE WHICH STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1, NOR ITS OPERATOR, HAS YET BEEN INDENTIFIED.

Keywords: HEAD, MAINTENANCE, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, STRUCK BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	15046279			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Supervisors, mechanics and repairers

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