Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 149334.015 - Employee is killed when crushed by falling forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 149334.015 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 08/29/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1618626.015	08/30/2022		326199	Hm Group Usa/Hm Surerock Inc

Abstract: At 4:04 p.m. on August 29, 2022, an employee was moving pallets of doors from a shipment. The employee was operating a forklift in reverse to pick-up the pallet. As the forklift moved into the path of travel, he was not looking and did not see the edge of the loading dock. The employee drove the forklift off of the loading dock, causing him to be ejected and crushed under the rollover protective structure of the forklift. The employee was killed.

Keywords: Backing Up, Caught Between, Crushed, Crushing, Ejected, Forklift, Ind Trk Operator, Material Handling, ROPS

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1618626.015	64	M	Fatality		Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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