Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201320371 - Employee killed by falling load from forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 201320371 -- Report ID: 0317900 -- Event Date: 05/16/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305012767	05/16/2002	4789	0	Jbm Transportation
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305012783	05/16/2002	4491	0	Novolog Bucks County, Incorporated
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305012775	05/16/2002	4789	0	Shumaker Trucking Company

Abstract: A tractor trailer was loaded with 6-in. steel well casings. Each pipe was 20 ft long and bundled with seven pipes. The load weighed approximately 1,500 pounds. A forklift operator placed a bundle on top of the bottom layer however, the cribbing was not in the proper location. Employee #1, a truck driver, went to reposition the cribbing when the load fell from the forks crushing and killing him.

Keywords: INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, PIPE, TRUCK DRIVER, PIN, PINNED, CRUSHED, TRUCK, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	305012767	Fatality	Other	Truck drivers, heavy
2	305012783			Occupation not reported
3	305012775			Occupation not reported

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