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Accident Summary Nr: 14250534 - EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY INDUSTRIAL TRUCK

Accident Summary Nr: 14250534 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 09/19/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2990638	08/20/1986	3273	0	Southern Concrete Materials Inc

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 2:20 PM ON AUGUST 19, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS LOADING 8 INCH BY 8 INCH BY 12 INCH CONCRETE BLOCKS ONTO A DELIVERY TRUCK. THE TRUCK WAS POSITIONED NEXT TO THE STORAGE AREA. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING A DIESEL POWERED INDUSTRIAL TRUCK TO MOVE PALLETS LOADED WITH CONCRETE BLOCKS FROM STORAGE TO THE TRUCK BED. FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, THE EMPLOYEE LEFT THE VEHICLE UNATTENDED, WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, FORKS RAISED 4'6", PARKING BRAKE OFF AND THE DRIVE CONTROL SHIFT IN LOW GEAR, WHILE HE REACHED INTO THE TRUCK BED IN AN EFFORT TO RETRIEVE A LOOSE BLOCK. THE FORKLIFT SUDDENLY MOVED FORWARD, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE UPPER SHOULDER, NECK AND HEAD, INFLICTING FATAL INJURIES.

Keywords: LOADING, HEAD, SHOULDER, BRAKE, WORK RULES, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, NECK, STRUCK BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2990638			Fatality	Puncture	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators

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