Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200920148 - Employee killed when run over by forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 200920148 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 02/11/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302601984	02/11/1999	1711	0	Jett Mechanical Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 11:50 a.m. on February 11, 1999, Employee #1 was walking across a three-lane roadway. Two of the lanes had been closed off for construction, and one lane was left open for traffic. A coworker was driving a Highlander rough terrain forklift down one of the closed lanes when he struck Employee #1, who was run over by the vehicle's front and rear tires. He was transported to the hospital, where he died an hour later as a result of internal injuries.

Keywords: HIGHWAY, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, STRUCK BY, RUN OVER, INATTENTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	8		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302601984			Fatality	Fracture	Sheetmetal duct installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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