Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 755876 - EMPLOYEE DIED AFTER HIS FORKLIFT OVERTURNED

Accident Summary Nr: 755876 -- Report ID: 0855610 -- Event Date: 06/06/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
114616139	06/08/1992	1611	0	Cundy Asphalt Paving Construction Inc

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00 AM ON JUNE 6, 1992, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DRIVING A FORKLIFT TRUCK ACROSS THE PARKING LOT AFTER LOADING BARRELS ONTO A CUSTOMER'S TRAILER. EMPLOYEE #1 DROVE THE LIFT TRUCK AROUND THE SHOP BUILDING TO RETURN IT TO A PARKING LOCATION. THE TOWMOTOR 2000 POUND FORKLIFT WAS BEING DRIVEN WEST, NEAR THE EDGE OF THE ASPHALT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE OFFICE, WHEN IT TIPPED OVER ONTO ITS RIGHT SIDE. A BLUNT TRAUMA TO THE HEART WAS SUSTAINED WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE FALL PROTECTION CAGE AND THE PARKING LOT ASPHALT. EMPLOYEE #1'S 11-YEAR-OLD SON WAS ON THE FORKLIFT TRUCK AT THE TIME THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

Keywords: HEART, IND TRK OPERATOR, PINNED, ROPS, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, ASPHALT, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	114616139			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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