Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200674828 - Employee is killed after fall from pallet

Accident Summary Nr: 200674828 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 04/23/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307297606	04/23/2004	4222	493120	Quirch Foods Co.

Abstract: At approximately 10:45 a.m. on April 23, 2004, an employee was inside the freezer of a cold storage facility. He was searching for merchandize while standing on a pallet that was positioned on the forks of an order picker forklift when the mast of a second powered industrial truck struck the elevated pallet, causing him to fall approximately 10 feet to the ground level. The employee was not wearing a harness while standing on the pallet. The employee was killed.

Keywords: INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, PALLET, STRUCK BY, FREEZER COMPARTMENT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307297606			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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