Michael Clifton Baskett
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Supervisor

Michael Clifton Baskett

Veteran → Accident
End of Watch November 26, 2013
Age 54
Tour of Duty 27 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Supervisor Michael Baskett was killed after being struck by a motorized delivery cart while supervising inmates inside the food services warehouse at the Federal Medical Center Butner in Butner, North Carolina.

Supervisor Baskett was speaking with a delivery driver when an inmate in another part of the warehouse placed a box of paper on the cart's floorboard. The box accidentally depressed the forklift's accelerator, which caused it to move forward at full speed. As the cart sped across the warehouse floor Supervisor Baskett pushed the delivery driver out of its path, saving her life. The cart struck him, pinning him underneath it.

Several inmates and other officers immediately moved the cart off of him and began CPR, but were unable to revive him.

Supervisor Baskett was a U.S. Army veteran and had served with the Federal Bureau of Prisons for 18 years. He had previously served with the North Carolina Department of Corrections for nine years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, two children, and two step children.

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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Supervisor Baskett gave the United States Department of Justice 27 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usdjfbpfed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 26, 2013
Tour of Duty 27 yrs
Age 54
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Michael Clifton Baskett served in the U.S. Army (1977–1983) before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Accident

Michael is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2013, 56 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 83rd heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Michael was 54. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Michael had served 27 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

November holds 8.3% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 14.1%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons has 34 officers remembered here, Michael among them.

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Where

Supervisor Michael Clifton Baskett

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons · End of Watch November 26, 2013

Military Service

Michael Clifton Baskett served in the U.S. Army (1977–1983) before joining law enforcement.

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Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 12-E

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