Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201954880 - Employee Is Crushed Between Two Industrial Trucks and Killed

Accident Summary Nr: 201954880 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 12/04/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310571005	12/05/2006	2086	312111	Pepsi-Cola General Bottlers, Inc., Dba Pepsiameric

Abstract: At 9:30 p.m. on December 4, 2006, Employee #1 was working at a Pepsi-Cola bottling and distribution site. He was behind his forklift, changing out its empty propane tank. A coworker on a second forklift was backing toward him, when his load shifted. His attention was directed to the load, and he drove the second, moving, forklift into Employee #1, crushing him against his own, stationary, forklift. He was killed.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, IND TRK OPERATOR, WAREHOUSE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, MECH MAT HANDLING, PROPANE, BACKING UP, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310571005			Fatality	Other	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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