SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SUGAR COOP

LOADING RAMP FELL ON EMPLOYEE

A forklift operator was working alone in a warehouse. He was going to load sugar onto a boxcar. To do this, the employee had to go outside the warehouse to open the door to the boxcar. He then would normally have dropped a hinged loading ra mp onto the boxcar from the inside the warehouse. Instead, the hinged loading ra mp fell on the employee while he was still outside and crushed his head between the edge of the loading ramp and the boxcar. The employee died of his injuries.