Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170122378 - Employee crushed and killed by forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 170122378 -- Report ID: 0454711 -- Event Date: 05/16/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120544044	05/16/1994	4213	0	Averitt Express

Abstract: A forklift was partly on the bed of a truck and partly on a dock when the truck pulled away from the dock. The lift fell backward against the dock plate, crushing Employee #1, the driver, to death between the forklift steering wheel and the dock plate.

Keywords: IND TRK OPERATOR, DOCK, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, STEERING WHEEL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120544044			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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