Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 46786.015 - Employee Is Struck By Forklift and Is Killed In Fall

Accident Summary Nr: 46786.015 -- Report ID: 0316300 -- Event Date: 06/18/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
913261.015	06/19/2013		236220	Jc Grimberg Company Inc

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on June 18, 2013, the employee and a coworker were standing above a pit that had an existing guardrail and were evaluating how to remove some framing and ventilation duct materials located in and along the wall of the pit. The employee was struck by a forklift which he had left running and it forced the employee through guardrail where he fell 14 feet into the pit. The employee sustained head and thoracic trauma and was killed.

Keywords: Fall, Guardrail, Pit, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	913261.015	57	M	Fatality		Supervisors, production occupations	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Surveying Fatality Cause:

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