Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200758951 - Employee Is Caught Between Forklift and Dumpster and Dies

Accident Summary Nr: 200758951 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 07/26/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314586983	07/26/2010	1761	238160	Terik Roofing

Abstract: At approximately 7:26 a.m. on July 26, 2010, Employee #1, an employee of Terik Roofing, was operating a Lull Rough Terrain Forklift, on a jobsite at a juvenile correction facility. Attached to the forklift's forks was a basket containing roofing material. Employee #1 emptied the basket's materials into a dumpster and was preparing to raise the forks and back up the lift, when he noticed a shingle hanging from the basket. Employee #1 got out of the forklift and walked between the front of the forklift and the dumpster to reach for the hanging shingle. For some reason, the forklift rolled forward pinning Employee #1 between the dumpster and the forklift. Medical personnel from the juvenile correction facility attempted to revive Employee #1. Employee #1 was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, IND TRK OPERATOR, ROOF, CPR, SUFFOCATED, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, DUMPSTER, CAUGHT BETWEEN, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2	9	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314586983			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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