Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170643.015 - Employee is pinned under forklift and killed

Accident Summary Nr: 170643.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 10/02/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1779321.015	10/03/2024		237310	Traffic Highway Maintenance, Llc

Abstract: At 5:30 p.m. on October 2, 2024, Employee #1 was operating a three-wheel Donkey truck-carried forklift to move jobsite materials. According to witness statements, the employee was reversing the forklift in a turn when it began to tip over. The employee was either thrown or jumped from the cab and became pinned between the ground and the top of the forklift's rollover cage. He sustained fatal injuries to the head and neck.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Cage, Ejected, Forklift, Head, Jump, Material Handling, Neck, Pinned, Safety Cage, Thrown, Tips Over, Traumatic Brain Injury

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1779321.015	46	M	Fatality		Highway Maintenance Worker	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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