Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200461630 - Metal basket strikes employee killing him

Accident Summary Nr: 200461630 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 07/14/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306806084	07/15/2003	2092	311712	Nebula Foods Incorporated

Abstract: On July 14, 2003, a forklift truck operating along a shipping and receiving dock struck an overhead metal electrical conduit leading to a permanently parked trailer. The conduit ran from a building perpendicular to the dock and to the trailer. An aircraft cable, attached to the wall of the building, was used to support the conduit and was tied off to a metal basket, weighing in excess of 500 pounds, and located on top of the trailer. When the forklift truck struck the conduit, it pulled the basket off the trailer. The metal basket bounced off the loading dock and struck and killed an employee who was repairing a pothole just below the dock.

Keywords: WORK RULES, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, STRUCK BY, TRAILER, FALLING OBJECT, LOADING DOCK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	306806084			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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