Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 300217528 - EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FORK LIFT ACCIDENT

Accident Summary Nr: 300217528 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 01/29/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300217528	01/29/1998	5411	0	Eagle Food Ctrs, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating a motorized pallet jack and was in the process exiting a freezer at the east door into the dock area. At the same time, a stand up lift truck was coming through the door from the dock area to the freezer. Employee #1 jumped off the pallet jack into the path of the oncoming stand up lift truck to avoid the collision. He was pinned between a steel pole and the lift truck just inside the freezer door and was killed.

Keywords: WAREHOUSE, PINNED, COLLISION, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, ABRASION, STRUCK BY, CONTUSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300217528			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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