Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 999060 - LOADING RAMP FELL ON EMPLOYEE

Accident Summary Nr: 999060 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 01/19/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126590462	01/20/1997	2063	0	Southern Minnesota Sugar Coop

Abstract: A forklift operator was working alone in a warehouse. He was going to load sugar onto a boxcar. To do this, the employee had to go outside the warehouse to open the door to the boxcar. He then would normally have dropped a hinged loading ramp onto the boxcar from the inside the warehouse. Instead, the hinged loading ramp fell on the employee while he was still outside and crushed his head between the edge of the loading ramp and the boxcar. The employee died of his injuries.

Keywords: LOADING, HEAD, WORK RULES, LOADING RAMP, CRUSHED, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126590462			Fatality	Other	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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