Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200820629 - Employee killed when load overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 200820629 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 04/18/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302605613	04/20/2000	7363	0	Us Staffing

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker driver were using a skid to unload a large, tall, 1,400 lb box containing computer equipment. The coworker was using a hand pallet truck to move and position the skid onto the lift gate at the rear of the truck; Employee #1 was on the ground, bracing the box with his hands. The wheel of the pallet truck went over the lift gate, causing the load to tip over and fall on Employee #1. He was killed. The load was top heavy and had more weight on the front end, causing it to fall readily when the pallet truck wheel passed the edge of the lift gate.

Keywords: UNSECURED, LOAD SHIFT, CRUSHED, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, MECH MAT HANDLING, OFF LOADING, WALK-BEHIND FORKLIFT, OVERTURN, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302605613			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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