Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14369938 - Employee killed when skull is crushed by falling forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 14369938 -- Report ID: 0523400 -- Event Date: 07/17/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102979234	07/17/1992	7699	0	Machine Tool Sales

Abstract: At approximately 2:15 p.m. on July 17, 1991, Employee #1 was preparing to unload a walk-behind powered industrial forklift from a Budget Rent-A-Truck. The truck was equipped with an electrically powered hydraulic tailgate to raise and lower loads from the truck bed. The forklift and its battery weighed 5,600 lb. The capacity of the tailgate was 2,500 lb. As the employee moved the forklift onto it, the tailgate tilted down. The forklift began to roll off the tailgate and the employee tried to push it back on, but it rolled off and fell onto the employee, crushing his skull and killing him.

Keywords: WORK RULES, OVERLOADED, CRUSHED, SKULL, OFF LOADING, STRUCK BY, WALK-BEHIND FORKLIFT, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102979234			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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