Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 147451.015 - Employee is killed and crushed by falling motor from PIT

Accident Summary Nr: 147451.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 06/30/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1605244.015	06/30/2022		332111	Trenton Forging Company

Abstract: At 8:10 a.m. on June 30, 2022, an employee was assisting the powered industrial truck (PIT) operator in the placement of a new conveyor motor assembly. While adding the new motor assembly, the conveyor motor assembly fell off the PIT fork and caught the employee between the motor and the walking working surface. The employee was crushed and incurred blunt force trauma to his chest and abdomen. The employee was killed.

Keywords: Abdomen, Abrasion, Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught Between, Chest, Concrete Floor, Contusion, Crushed, Driver, Ear, Equipment Operator, Finger, Forklift, Forks, Fracture, Head, Laceration, Lack of Work Procedures, Liver, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Neck, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Unstable Position, Walking Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1605244.015	57	M	Fatality

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