Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201509833 - Employee Suffers Leg Amputation from Forklift Rollover

Accident Summary Nr: 201509833 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 05/06/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312359672	05/06/2010	1541	236210	Cahill Contractors, Inc

Abstract: On May 6 2010, Employee #1 of Cahill Contractors, Inc., was assigned to help carry lamp posts to locations using a rough terrain forklift. The lamp post was attached to the forklift forks using a sling. Employee #1 proceeded to drive around the left side of the tanks. At this point, Employee #2 measured one of the potential paths and determined that the forklift could not fit between a discharge piping vault and the old water tank. Employee #1 proceeded to drive the forklift west of the discharge piping vault between this vault and the fence. This path traversed a slope measured by the employer to be approximately 20.6 degrees. When the forklift was exposed to this slope, it tipped over on its left side. While it was rolling over Employee #1's leg came out of the forklift cage and was crushed, resulting in a below knee amputation.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, ROLL-OVER, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	1	10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312359672			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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