OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14233209
ASPHYXIATED,SPEEDING,ROPS,CAUGHT BY,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,NECK,SHARP TURN,BACKING UP,OVERTURN
Event description
Employee dies of asphyxia when crushed by forklift
Investigation abstract
At approximately 5:45 p.m. on September 11, 1989, Employee #1 was operating a po wered industrial truck to dump cardboard boxes while receiving some operator tra ining. After dumping his load, Employee #1 backed up the industrial truck at a h igh speed. Then he turned the truck in a J-turn. The truck started to become uns table and Employee #1 jumped off the truck. In his escape, Employee #1 was caugh t at the neck by the roll cage. Employee #1 was asphyxiated and killed by the sq ueezing action of the roll bar.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 17 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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