OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1000116

LORILLARD CORPORATION

GREENSBORO, NC· 1988-09-29T00:00:00

Event: GUARDRAIL, WORK RULES, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, UNGUARDED
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #18481820
Employer profile: LORILLARD CORPORATION
Summary number: 1000116
Report ID: 453710

Event description

Employee killed in fall from unguarded elevated pallet

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 fell 10 ft to a concrete floor from a wooden pallet attached to the blades of a forklift. Employee #1 suffered multiple injuries and died. The cause of the fall was the absence of standard railings on the elevated work platform.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 60 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
523

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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