Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201360740 - Employee crushed by falling bales of cotton

Accident Summary Nr: 201360740 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 02/10/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302391206	02/11/1999	0131	0	Scruggs Farm

Abstract: Employee #1, who worked for Scruggs Farm, was moving a bale of cotton from the warehouse. The bale was stacked about 20 ft high. Employee #1 positioned the lift truck and raised the clamps to retrieve the cotton. When the clamps failed to move it, he got out of the lift truck and moved to the side of the truck when the bale of cotton and two others fell on him. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: WAREHOUSE, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, STRUCK BY, COTTON

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302391206			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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