Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200515633 - Employee Is Crushed and Killed When Hit by Fixture

Accident Summary Nr: 200515633 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 06/21/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316574979	06/21/2012	3441	332312	Bps Incorporated

Abstract: At approximately 12:35 p.m. on June 21, 2012, Employee #1, with Bps Inc., was working in the production area of the shop and was talking with a coworker. At the same time, another coworker, who was driving a forklift, was attempting to retrieve a pallet of sheet steel from a stationary steel rack with the fork lift truck. A 24 ft long steel fixture was stored above the pallet on the steel rack, and when the coworker removed the pallet, the steel fixture was inadvertently moved, causing it to slide off the racking and hit Employee #1 on the head. Employee #1 was crushed and killed.

Keywords: HEAD, SHEET METAL, STEEL, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, PALLET

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	316574979			Fatality	Other	Precision assemblers, metal

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