Accident Report Detail
Accident: 687533 - Forklift Operator Killed By Wire Rope And Anchor Plate
Accident: 687533 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 01/30/1991 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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103020285 | 02/01/1991 | 3465 | General Motors Corp. (Assembly Plant) | ||||
Employee #1 was backing up an Eaton-Yale 8,000 lb forklift in a rack make-up area of an auto fabrication plant and struck a wire rope cable strung approximately 7 ft high between two 40 ft columns. The anchor plate that secured the cable to the column gave way, striking the employee in the back of the head and killing him. | |||||||
Keywords:
anchor, head, ind trk operator, wire rope, struck against, column, industrial truck, struck by, backing up
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 103020285 | Fatality | Concussion | Occupation not reported |