Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200624971 - Employee Is Struck and Killed by Forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 200624971 -- Report ID: 0454711 -- Event Date: 09/11/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312584030	09/15/2008	1542	236220	Skanska Usa Building Inc

Abstract: A rough terrain forklift's (powered industrial truck) engine stalled while going up an incline. Then it started rolling down the incline. The operator turned the forklift to avoid hitting a job site trailer and ran over Employee #1. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: ENGINE, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, STRUCK BY, SLOPE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	13		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312584030			Fatality	Other	Supervisors, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site clearing and grubbing Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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