Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 84326.015 - Worker is killed by load that slides off forklift truck.

Accident Summary Nr: 84326.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 04/08/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1138701.015	04/08/2016		811118	Vse Corporation

Abstract: At 10:15 a.m. on April 8, 2016, an employee was working near a powered industrial truck. A coworker of his was using the forklift truck to move an Oberg industrial oil filter crushing machine. This machine weighed 680 kilograms (1,500 pounds). The coworker got off his forklift truck, but he did not have the means for engaging the load fully lowered. The crusher machine was an unstable load. It slid over to one side, fell off the lift, and struck the employee. The employee sustained blunt force injury of the trunk. He was killed.

Keywords: Falling Object, Ind Trk Operator, Industrial Truck, Material Handling, Mech Mat Handling, Struck By, Torso, Unstable Load

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1138701.015	43	M	Fatality		Not specified mechanics and repairers

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