Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201392610 - Employee Is Crushed When Powered Industrial Truck Overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 201392610 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 05/30/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315380360	05/30/2012	2621	322122	Manistique Papers Inc

Abstract: At approximately 1:15 a.m. on May 30, 2012, an employee was driving an industrial truck at a mill at which newsprint was manufactured. She was operating the powered industrial truck outdoors, moving bales of material used in the papermaking process. She was carrying a load that exceeded the truck's capacity. When she turned the vehicle before lowering the load, the truck tipped over. The employee was crushed between the truck and the ground. She was killed.

Keywords: HEAD, IND TRK OPERATOR, ROPS, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, PAPER, MECH MAT HANDLING, OVERTURN, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	315380360			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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