OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14234371
29TH STREET AUTO AND TRUCK SALVAGE
MIDWEST CITY, OK·
Event description
FELL FROM, AND STRUCK BY, POWERED INDUSTRIAL TRUCK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND A FORKLIFT OPERATOR LOADED SOME TIRES ONTO A FORKLIFT TRUCK AND HAULED THEM TO THE NORTH END OF THE SALVAGE YARD. ALTHOUGH THE FORKLIFT OPERATOR CLAIMED THAT EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SITTING ON TOP OF FORKLIFT'S COUNTERBALANCE WEIGHT , HIS EXACT POSITION ON THE FORKLIFT IS NOT CLEAR. HE APPARENTLY FELL OFF THE FO RKLIFT AND WAS RUN OVER BY IT. HE WAS NOTICED LYING FACE-DOWN ON THE DIRT ROAD, BEHIND AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE FORKLIFT. HE COMPLAINED OF BREATHING PROBLEMS AND DIED ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER CLAIMED THAT THERE WERE N O OBVIOUS SIGNS ON EMPLOYEE #1'S BODY OF HAVING BEEN RUN OVER, BUT HE DIED FROM A MASSIVELY LACERATED LIVER, A BRUISED URINARY BLADDER AND A BRUISED RIGHT LUNG.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 17 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 27
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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