Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201621331 - Employee killed after being caught between forks and crane

Accident Summary Nr: 201621331 -- Report ID: 1054116 -- Event Date: 06/03/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306322009	06/03/2003	1521	236115	Steve Barrows Construction Inc

Abstract: On June 3, 2003, Employee #1 was moving a Gehl, Model 4625 which is similar to a Bobcat. The employee was wearing is carpenter tool belt. As he was getting into driver compartment his hammer dropped between the equipment frame and the fork attachment. The employee raised the fork up to about six feet and reached forward to grab his hammer. His tool belt pushed the right control stick forward as he was leaning forward which released the forks and they lowered to the ground. The forks caught the victim's head and pinched it against the frame of the Gehl, causing fatal head injuries. The employee was wearing a cowboy style hard hat that obstructed his view of the load on the forks.

Keywords: HEAD, OBSTRUCTED VIEW, CAUGHT BETWEEN, STRUCK BY, CRANE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	1	2	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306322009			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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