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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1000447

IND TRK OPERATOR,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,BACKING UP,INATTENTION

Event
IND TRK OPERATOR,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,BACKING UP,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
1000447
Report ID
453710

Event description

Employee killed when crushed between two industrial trucks

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was standing on an empty lift truck that was returning to the convey or area of a shipping department by way of aisle E. A coworker had taken a box o f fabric from the overhead conveyor with his lift truck and had pulled into aisl e E. When Employee #1 backed his truck into the raised load of the coworker's li ft truck he was caught between the two lift trucks and killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 32 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    2
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    856
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    2

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