Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201855798 - Worker Is Crushed by 2,000-Pound Foam Bale

Accident Summary Nr: 201855798 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 02/19/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309585172	02/20/2008	3069	313320	Carpenter Co.

Abstract: An employee was working as the operator of an industrial truck. He had moved a foam bale weighing 2,000 pounds into the warehouse area of a firm's reloading department or stored it there. The employee had gotten off his industrial truck in the foam bale storage area, when the 2,000-pound bale fell on him and crushed him.

Keywords: IND TRK OPERATOR, STORAGE ROOM, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309585172			Fatality	Other	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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