Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200052108 - Employee is killed when forklift rolls over

Accident Summary Nr: 200052108 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 07/24/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306017385	07/24/2003	1611	237310	Kfr, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 11:15 a.m. on July 24, 2003, Employee #1 was driving a forklift on a dirt access road that had been excavated down to the height of the footings for the construction of a pork processing facility. He was picking up pallets of forming material and taking them to a storage area. As he was picking up the last pallet, the wheels of the forklift slid off of the tire tracks on the access road, causing the forklift to roll down a 12-foot embankment. The forklift rolled over and pinned the employee underneath it, killing him.

Keywords: EMBANKMENT, PINNED, ROLL-OVER, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2	30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306017385			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site clearing and grubbing Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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