Accident Report Detail

Accident: 200203313 - Employee Is Killed When Struck By Forklift

**Accident: 200203313 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 05/07/2009**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
312771413	05/08/2009	5012	Pars Car Sales

On May 7, 2009, a supervisor and an employee of a car dealership were preparing a newly acquired dealership site for opening. The supervisor was apparently tightening bolts on the floor of an automotive lift, while the employee was operating a Yale 3,000-pound forklift. For some reason, the employee operating the forklift drove forward into the space between a wall and the vehicle lift, where the supervisor was sitting. The right front tine of the fork struck the supervisor, piercing his chest and entering his chest wall. The supervisor was killed in the accident.

Keywords: chest, impaled, industrial truck, struck by, puncture

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	312771413			Fatality	Puncture	Machinery maintenance occupations

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