Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200527125 - Employee is killed in fall from fork truck forks

Accident Summary Nr: 200527125 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 07/30/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306677915	07/31/2003	5261	444220	Steven Stahr Dba Elkader Greenhouse & Landscaping

Abstract: On July 30, 2003, Employee #1 was a crew member working on dismantling a post and a beam farm barn. He was removing the beams that supported the roof rafters using a JCB 805C rough terrain fork truck. A 20-ft long, 8 in.-by-8-in. beam, attached to the forks by fabric straps, was being lifted by the truck. It started to descend when the truck tipped to the left. The truck rolled over on its left side bringing to the ground the forks and Employee #1 who was working from the truck forks. Employee #1 was killed in an approximately 30-ft fall from a crane. The autopsy report listed traumatic injuries, including large laceration of the right ventricle, as the cause of death.

Keywords: VENTRICLE, ROOF, ROLL-OVER, RAFTER, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, LACERATION, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	306677915			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers

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