Accident Report Detail

Accident: 561860 - Employee Killed When Struck By Out-Of-Control Forklift

**Accident: 561860 -- Report ID: 0626000 -- Event Date: 07/31/1995**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
116399049	08/11/1995	5211	Armstrong Lumber Company

Employee #1 pulled a forklift up to a stack of plywood. He dismounted and went to the front of the forklift and stack of plywood. The floor surface was not level. The forklift rolled forward and a fork pierced Employee #1's left leg, severing an artery. Employee #1 died approximately 12 hours later following leg amputation. The forklift's two parking brake systems may or may not have been set. Both brake systems were later found to be defective.

Keywords: severed, ind trk operator, brake, work rules, equipment failure, industrial truck, struck by, unmanned, artery, slope

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	116399049			Fatality	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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