Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170060800 - Employee killed when caught between forklift and door

Accident Summary Nr: 170060800 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 03/08/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125247676	03/08/1995	2844	0	Chesebrough Ponds Usa

Abstract: Employee #1 and coworkers were cleaning a production line on the third shift. Employee #1 was using a sit-down model electric forklift to transport two cardboard boxes containing miscellaneous scrap to a remote trash compactor outside of the building. He apparently backed the forklift to a roll-up door that led to the trash compactor keeping the forklift in reverse. He then apparently reached behind the forklift with his left hand to grasp the door latch. As he did this, his head came between the inside of the door and the forklift's back vertical overhead guard support. Employee #1 apparently pressed the accelerator by mistake and the forklift moved backward, catching his head and killing him.

Keywords: ACCELERATOR PEDAL, WORK RULES, OVERHEAD GUARD, CAUGHT BETWEEN, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, DOOR, BACKING UP, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125247676			Fatality	Concussion	Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec

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