Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 40836.015 - Employee is struck by storage cabinet and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 40836.015 -- Report ID: 0216000 -- Event Date: 11/30/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
883784.015	11/30/2012		561320	Labor Ready Inc.

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on November 30, 2012, an employee was working with several coworkers in moving a large computer data storage cabinet between two trucks using a pallet jack and rolling the unit over the trucks extended tail gates. The employee got his foot caught in an opening between the truck's body and lift gate when the cabinet tipped over and landed on the employee. The employees chest and torso were crushed and the employee was killed by asphyxia brought on by chest compression.

Keywords: Caught Between, Chest, Crushed, Storage Rack, Struck By, Torso

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	883784.015	59	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction

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