Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170089346 - Employee dies when pinned between forklift and trailer

Accident Summary Nr: 170089346 -- Report ID: 1054118 -- Event Date: 07/24/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123733370	07/24/1993	5561	0	Olympic Trailer Sales Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 needed to open a shop door to allow a customer to pick up a trailer that had been worked on. There was a Yale forklift obstructing the doorway that had to be opened. Employee #1 moved the forklift. While either getting off the lift or after he was off, the forklift was either knocked or slipped into gear, pinching Employee #1 between the left-rear counterweight and the trailer. Employee #1 died of asphyxiation at the scene. There were no witnesses.

Keywords: RESPIRATORY, ASPHYXIATED, COUNTERBALANCE, PINNED, CAUGHT BETWEEN, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, UNMANNED, TRAILER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123733370			Fatality	Asphyxia	Welders and cutters

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