Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14570279 - EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY FORKLIFT DIES

Accident Summary Nr: 14570279 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 11/13/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102549631	11/20/1989	0181	0	East Side Nursery, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 a truck driver, was waiting for his truck to be loaded with sod, and asked his foreman if there was anything he needed done. The foreman had Employee #1 run the roller. Employee #1 got on the tractor and pulled a five-ton roller to roll the sod in preparation for the sod-cutter. A forklift truck operated by another employee was operating in the area where Employee #1 was rolling the sod. When the forklift backed out from a skid of sod, it backed into the tractor Employee #1was driving, and the wheels of the forklift truck struck the rear wheel of the tractor causing the tractor to ride up on the forklift wheel. The fork lift operator quickly moved his forklift truck forward, looked back, and saw Employee #1 on lying on the ground. Employee #1 died.

Keywords: ROLLER--CONST EQUIP, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, TRUCK, STRUCK BY, TRACTOR, TRUCK DRIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102549631			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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