Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 87540.015 - Employee is crushed and killed by forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 87540.015 -- Report ID: 0317900 -- Event Date: 08/08/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1167839.015	08/08/2016		238910	Moses B. Glick, Llc

Abstract: At approximately 3:00 p.m. on August 8, 2016, Employee #1 was unloading a large container from pickup truck from a loading dock using a forklift. He positioned himself between the container load and the forklift. The forklift was on a slight incline, engine running, transmission in neutral, and parking brake was off. The forklift moved off the loading dock onto the pickup truck bed which resulted in Employee #1 being caught between forklift and the load. Employee #1s chest and head were crushed between the forklift mast and the container. Employee #1 died.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Caught Between, Chest, Crushed, Head, Industrial Truck, Material Handling, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1167839.015	30	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause:

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