Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200541738 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Forklift Forks

Accident Summary Nr: 200541738 -- Report ID: 0317500 -- Event Date: 04/25/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311326631	04/30/2008	5399	452990	Bickel'S Surplus

Abstract: On April 25, 2005, Employee #1 was being lifted on forklift forks, while he stood in a plastic tote, so that he could change a light on the outside of the building. Other employees were being used as counterweights by sitting on the sides of the forklift to keep it from tipping. Employee #1 fell approximately twenty feet to the ground, and he was killed.

Keywords: RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	311326631			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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