Accident Report Detail

Accident: 201157534 - Employee Killed When Crushed By Forklift

**Accident: 201157534 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 07/28/2003**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
300862935	07/29/2003	5023	Great Mercury International Inc

At approximately 12:48 p.m. on July 28, 2003, Employee #1, a laborer with Great Mercury International, Inc., in Riverside, CA, was climbing down the mast frame from the elevated forks of a Toyota Forklift #14 (Model Number 300MM, Serial Number 5FGL 18-2-468) at a Home Depot. Apparently, he inadvertently activated the forklift control with his foot which brought down the mast, crushing him between the mast frame and the top of a pallet mounted on the forks.

Keywords: control lever, descending, crushed, industrial truck, pallet

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	300862935			Fatality	Other	Laborers, except construction

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