Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200711216 - Employee killed in fall from forks of lift truck

Accident Summary Nr: 200711216 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 11/28/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302662788	11/29/2000	1791	0	Rite-Way Metal Erectors

Abstract: On November 28, 2000, Employee #1 was on the forks of a Sky Trak forklift, securing a steel rafter, when he fell approximately 45 ft to the ground and was killed.

Keywords: HOISTING MECHANISM, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, MECH MAT HANDLING, ELEVATED WORK PLAT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1	45	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302662788			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 41 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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