Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 159235.015 - Employee is killed when forklift backs off loading dock

Accident Summary Nr: 159235.015 -- Report ID: 0213600 -- Event Date: 08/22/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1692516.015	08/22/2023		484122	R&L Carriers Shared Services Llc

Abstract: At 3:30 a.m. on August 22, 2023, an employee was operating a forklift, scanning a piece of freight. The employee backed the forklift off the loading dock, falling with the forklift to ground level. The employee was killed. The employee sustained multiple head/facial injuries, neck hemorrhaging, multiple rib fractures, a laceration to the right lung, hemorrhaging in the chest cavity, and a L4 vertebrae fracture.

Keywords: Backing Up, Chest, Equipment Operator, Face, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Falling Object, Forklift, Fracture, Head, Laceration, Loading Dock, Lung, Neck, Rib, Vertebra

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1692516.015	63	M	Fatality

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