OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14224638
HEAD,LEG,OVERTURN,FRACTURE,IND TRK OPERATOR,CRUSHED,PELVIS,FALL,PALLET,ARM
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURIED AS FORK LIFT TIPS OVER
Investigation abstract
At approximately 11:50 a.m. on April 11, 1985, Employee #1 was operating a mason n pelvis, a broken left leg, and a broken left arm. The cause of the incident wa s the failure of the operator to use the fork lift leveling device, which would have stabilized the fork lift when going up the steep incline. ry fork lift near the east side of a new classroom addition of a catholic church . The masonry fork lift was an International model with Serial Number 741. He dr ove the fork lift to the southeast corner of the building to empty mortar pans o nto a wooden pallet. After discarding the mortar pans, he proceeded down a bank and up a steep incline. As he proceeded up the incline, the fork lift tipped ove r. He attempted to jump off the fork lift as it was tipping, but did not get out far enough. The fork lift crushed him. He sustained multiple injuries in the in cident. The injuries were acute head injuries, severe internal injuries, a broke
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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