Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200270098 - Employee killed when crushed by loaded pallets

Accident Summary Nr: 200270098 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 07/10/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300213535	07/12/1996	4213	0	Equity Transportation
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300213543	07/11/1996	5021	0	Saxton Inc Design Group

Abstract: Employee #1, a truck driver, was helping a coworker of Saxton Design Group, Inc., to unload a semi-trailer. The coworker was using a pallet jack to raise and wheel three loaded pallets to the rear of the truck. When the pallet jack reached the dock plate at the rear of the truck, the middle and top pallets toppled over onto Employee #1. He was crushed against the dock plate and was killed.

Keywords: UNSECURED, WORK RULES, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, OFF LOADING, WALK-BEHIND FORKLIFT, PALLETIZED CARGO, CRUSHED, FALLING OBJECT, LOADING DOCK, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300213535			Fatality	Fracture	Truck drivers, heavy
2	300213543					Occupation Not Listed

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