Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200201499 - Employee Backed over and Killed by Forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 200201499 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 05/29/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303933808	05/30/2001	1541	0	J. S. Alberici Construction Company, Inc.

Abstract: Three employees were unloading steel from a truck with a telescopic forklift. Employee #1, the spotter and flagger, was hit when the forklift operator backed-up, cutting the equipment hard to the right. In backing up, the operator lost sight of the spotter (Employee #1). As the operator began to pull forward, he felt the rear wheel elevate as if he had run up on an object. When the operator looked, he noticed he had run over Employee #1. Employee #1 died several hours later.

Keywords: BACK-UP ALARM, FRACTURE, OBSTRUCTED REAR VIEW, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, STEEL ERECTION, FALL, BACKING UP

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303933808			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Moving Poi Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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