Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 953190 - Forklift operator killed when crushed by overhead bars

Accident Summary Nr: 953190 -- Report ID: 0355118 -- Event Date: 05/20/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105771745	05/21/1991	3448	0	Couvrette Building Systems

Abstract: At 6:30 p.m. on May 20, 1991, Employee #1 was loading a forklift industrial truck onto a convoy-type trailer. Because a wheel had spun on his first attempt to load the forklift, Employee #1 started to back down the trailer's access ramps to position the forklift for a second attempt to load. The forklift ran off the left ramp, rotating 90 degrees. Employee #1 was not wearing a seat belt and tried to jump from the rotating forklift but the forklift's overhead protection bars crushed his head against the concrete floor. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: LOADING, HEAD, IND TRK OPERATOR, OVERHEAD GUARD, OVERHEAD PROTECTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, LOST CONTROL, BACKING UP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105771745			Fatality	Fracture	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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