Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 839217 - Employee killed when crushed between forklift and shoring

Accident Summary Nr: 839217 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 02/26/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109641753	02/28/1992	1711	0	Ewing-Doherty Mechanical, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109641720	02/28/1992	1771	0	Ceco Concrete Construction Division
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109641738	02/28/1992	1791	0	Gateway Construction Company, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109641712	02/27/1992	1542	0	W.E. O'Neil Construction Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109641746	02/28/1992	1731	0	Huen Electric (Jwp/Huen)

Abstract: Employee #1 was driving a forklift on the lower, completed levels of a concrete parking garage that was under construction. While driving the truck between two vertical single-post shores, Employee #1 apparently leaned out of the truck to observe the clearance. His head was crushed between the frame of the truck and the shore, and Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: CAUGHT BETWEEN, CLEARANCE, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, IND TRK OPERATOR, HEAD, SHORING, WORK RULES, INATTENTION, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109641753			Occupation Not Listed
2	109641720			Occupation Not Listed
3	109641738			Occupation Not Listed
4	109641712	Fatality	Fracture	Concrete and terrazzo finishers
5	109641746			Occupation Not Listed

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