Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 840231 - Employee suffocates to death in dumpster

Accident Summary Nr: 840231 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 06/20/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300586070	06/25/1997	4225	0	C. S. Logistics

Abstract: Employee #1 was using a cart on the forks of a lift truck to take packaging waste to a dumpster. As he was dumping the waste, he fell into the dumpster. His body position and/or the plastic wrapping in the dumpster suffocated him.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, SUFFOCATED, DUMPSTER, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300586070			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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