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Accident Summary Nr: 170604243 - EMPLOYEE CRUSHED TO DEATH WHILE MOVING A 1 1/2 TON SAFE

Accident Summary Nr: 170604243 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 06/22/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119844900	06/24/1993	4214	0	Hyun Dae Trucking Co

Abstract: AT ABOUT 1:30 P.M. ON JUNE 22,1993, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HELPING TO UNLOAD A 6-FOOT TALL, 2,950-POUND, UPRIGHT SAFE. INSIDE THE TRUCK, THE SAFE WAS MOVED CLOSER TO THE TAILGATE IN ORDER TO OFFLOAD IT. BLOCKS OF WOOD WERE INSERTED UNDER THE SAFE BECAUSE ITS PALLET WAS BROKEN. ON THE GROUND, OUTSIDE OF THE TRUCK, WAS A FORKLIFT. THE FORKLIFT OPERATOR INSERTED THE FORKS UNDER THE SAFE TO DRAG IT CLOSER TO THE TAILGATE. THE FORKS WERE JERKED UP BY AT LEAST 6 INCHES AND THE SAFE WOBBLED ON ITS BLOCKING. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO HAD REMAINED INSIDE THE TRUCK, TRIED TO STEADY THE SAFE, WHICH TOPPLED BACKWARDS FURTHER INTO THE TRUCK, PINNING AND CRUSHING EMPLOYEE #1.

Keywords: PINNED, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, SAFE, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119844900			Fatality	Other	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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