Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170123426 - Employee killed when crushed by forklift mast

Accident Summary Nr: 170123426 -- Report ID: 0454713 -- Event Date: 08/30/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127353225	09/02/1997	5093	0	Southern Foundry Supply Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was monitoring scrap metal blown inside the bed of a tractor trailer in shed #3. He was operating a Komatsu 25 forklift, and had apparently climbed into the mast assembly of the forklift when he slipped and his foot hit the lever that activated the mast. The mast crushed Employee #1's neck, killing him. He apparently climbed the forklift to monitor the scrap instead of climbing the ladder on the tractor trailer, which he had been instructed to use.

Keywords: IND TRK OPERATOR, WORK RULES, SLIP, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, SCRAP METAL, NECK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	127353225			Fatality	Asphyxia	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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