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Accident Summary Nr: 595090 - Employee dies of asphyxia when pinned by forklift ROPS

Accident Summary Nr: 595090 -- Report ID: 0420100 -- Event Date: 02/12/1993
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
10696277202/12/199317990Townson Moving & Storage Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was moving a 4,000 lb capacity Caterpillar forklift, type 6, model V40B, from one dock to another at the TVA Haitsville Distribution Center. While attempting to negotiate a turn, he misjudged his clearance. The forklift fell 4 ft off the dock to the roadway. The employee was trapped between a ROPS support bar and the gravel roadway. Employee #1 died of asphyxia. The coroner's report found no evidence of fractures of the neck, head, or chest. Causal factors appear to be speeding and that the employee misjudged the clearance to the dock's edge.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, IND TRK OPERATOR, PINNED, SPEEDING, WORK RULES, ROPS, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, LOADING DOCK

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 106962772 Fatality Asphyxia Occupation not reported

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