Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170387815 - Employee killed when struck by falling metal cart

Accident Summary Nr: 170387815 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 04/01/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125394023	04/01/1998	3599	0	Fort Wayne Foundry Corp

Abstract: Employee #1 was at an outside door using a lift truck to retrieve approximately 46 in. long by 57 in. wide by 45 in. tall metal carts stacked on top of each other in racks. Each rack had four 8 in. metal wheels, and the top of the racks had 5 in. high metal toeboards on three sides. The racks were 56 in. behind a semi-trailer and angled with the right rear wheel of the bottom rack on top of a concave drain grate. Employee #1 was between the stacked carts and the semi-trailer, with the open sides facing the trailer, when he pulled on the bottom rack to straighten and remove a cart. The top rack rolled off of the bottom rack, pinning Employee #1 against the semi-trailer. He was killed. Each cart weighed approximately 500 lb.

Keywords: IND TRK OPERATOR, UNSECURED, PINNED, WORK RULES, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, MECH MAT HANDLING, STORAGE RACK, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, CART

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125394023			Fatality	Fracture	Misc. metal,plastic,stone&glass-working mach. op's

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