Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 82398.015 - Employee dies after being run over by forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 82398.015 -- Report ID: 0627510 -- Event Date: 01/19/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1118935.015	01/20/2016		236210	Rod Bowers Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on January 19, 2016, Employee #1 was working on the roof and he descended on the roof and went to the rear back tire of a Caterpillar TH360B telehandler forklift, to relieve himself. The forklift operator had disembarked to make minor adjustments on the forklift. After the operator made the adjustments, he returned to the forklift and put it in gear. The operator did not see Employee #1 at the rear back tire and ran over him. The employee was taken to a nearby hospital but died.

Keywords: Crushed, Obstructed View, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Roof, Run Over, Struck By, Tire

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1118935.015	53	M	Fatality		Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Bolting-Up Fatality Cause:

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