Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 83039.015 - Employee is killed when forklift falls off loading dock

Accident Summary Nr: 83039.015 -- Report ID: 0317900 -- Event Date: 02/03/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1122319.015	02/03/2016		484110	Combined Express, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:08 a.m. on February 3, 2016, an employee was loading pallets into a semi-trailer with a forklift. As the employee traveled backward at least one rear wheel of the forklift dropped off the edge of the dock. The employee can be seen on surveillance video attempting to get the forklift to move forward back onto the dock. After a few seconds the forklift tumbles backward off the dock. The employee was ejected or jumped from the lift and sustained crushing injuries. The employee was pinned between the forklift mast and macadam parking lot and killed.

Keywords: Crushing, Dock, Ejected, Material Handling, Powered Industrial Vehicle

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1122319.015	52	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction

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