Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200351021 - Employee killed when machine slides off piles

Accident Summary Nr: 200351021 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 06/10/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302867189	06/11/1999	5082	0	Zambesi Equipment, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on June 10, 1999, Employee #1 and a coworker, of Zambesi Equipment, Inc., were salvaging parts off a Bell feller-buncher. The machine was on blocks, as the tires had already been removed, and taking off the boom was the next step. They were using a forklift truck to lower the boom when the feller-buncher shifted on its wooden piles and slid backward away from the lift truck and toward a nearby building. Employee #1 became caught between the machine and the exterior wall of the building. He was transported to the hospital, where he died of severe chest trauma.

Keywords: CHEST, DISMANTLING, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, LOAD SHIFT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302867189			Fatality	Fracture	Helpers, mechanics and repairers

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