Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200150522 - Employee killed when caught between fork truck and wall

Accident Summary Nr: 200150522 -- Report ID: 0214700 -- Event Date: 02/13/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304678048	02/14/2002	1542	0	Daniel Dominguez

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were moving a small excavator out of the basement to the first floor. The coworker had built a ramp in the stairs which was used weeks earlier to get equipment into the basement. Just prior to the accident a chain was attached to both the fork truck and the excavator. Employee #1 was trying to pull the excavator up the ramp with the fork truck. He was not on the ramp with the fork truck, but on the first floor. The excavator started to move from side to side and they were afraid it would go off the ramp. The chain was disconnected and at that point Employee #1 was observed sliding down the ramp backwards while seated in the driver's seat. The fork lift came to a stop when the overhead protection was caught on the building's ceiling structure. Employee #1 was caught between the wall and the fork truck and killed.

Keywords: STRUCK AGAINST, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, EXCAVATOR

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Demolition		$50,000 to $250,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304678048			Fatality	Other	Excavating and loading machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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