Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 75229.015 - Employee killed in a forklift accident

Accident Summary Nr: 75229.015 -- Report ID: 0214700 -- Event Date: 03/24/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1048942.015	03/25/2015		111421	Kurt Weiss Greenhouses Of New York, Inc.

Abstract: At 6:00 p.m. on March 24, 2015, an employee was operating a powered industrial truck (Mitsubishi Forklift Model # FG15HT-16 / Serial # 651852A). The employee was not wearing seatbelt. The employee was travelling forward and made an evasive left turn to avoid hitting a guardrail that extended parallel to the path of travel. The employee was partially ejected from the operator seat. The employee attempted to stop his ejection by reaching out to grab a structural steel box column that supported the railing and greenhouse roof structure. The employee was crushed between the forklift roll over protective system (ROPS) and a structural steel box column. The employee suffered severe head trauma and died while being transported to the hospital.

Keywords: Crushing, Ejected, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Roll-Over, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1048942.015	34	M	Fatality		Equipment Operator: Heavy

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