Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 150066.015 - Employee is killed when crushed by fork attachment

Accident Summary Nr: 150066.015 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 09/29/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1625374.015	09/29/2022	1711	238220	65453 - Geothermal Earth Works Inc

Abstract: At 2:29 p.m. on September 29, 2022, an employee was standing under an elevated fork attachment on a skid steer when the loaded attachment unhooked from the quick disconnect coupler and fell on his back, pinning him against the cab opening of the skid steer. The employee was crushed and died.

Keywords: Attachment, Couplings, Crushed, Crushing, Disconnecting Means, Falling Object, Forks, Pinned, Skid Steer loader, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1625374.015	46	M	Fatality		Occupation not reported

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