Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 168830.015 - Employee is fatally injured after forklift overturns
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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1765831.015 | 08/01/2024 | 444130 | Nation'S Best Holdings, Llc |
Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on July 31, 2024, Employee #1, a truck driver, was delivering lumber to a new residential construction jobsite located in Springtown, TX. The employee began unloading bundles of lumber from a semi-truck using a Navigator Forklift Model RT 5500 (Serial No. 12236-43616-182), staging each bundle near the slab for the builder. The employee, working alone, had successfully unloaded and staged three bundles of lumber/materials. While near the edge of the roadway, the forklift unexpectedly flipped over and fell on the employee. The employee was not wearing a seatbelt at the time. The forklift was found between the dirt surface and the roadway. The employee suffered fatal blunt force trauma due to the weight of the Navigator Forklift.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 1765831.015 | 50 | F | Fatality | Truck drivers, heavy |