OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14234769
MID-WESTERN NURSERY, A DIV. OF AMER. NURSERY PROD.
TAHLEQUAH, OK·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN FORKLIFT OVERTURNED ONTO HIM
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A CATERPILLAR TYPE G, MODEL V500 , SERIAL NUMBER 3EC31 -WESTERN NURSERY, TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA. 25, INDUSTRIAL FORKLIFT AT A NURSERY. HE WAS DRIVING ON AN UNPAVED, SLICK, MUDDY ROAD AT THE SIDE OF A WAREHOUSE. THE FORKLIFT STARTED VEERING TO THE LEFT, TOWA RD A 20 INCH DEEP DITCH. THE FORKLIFT'S LEFT SIDE WENT INTO THE DITCH, CAUSING I T TO OVERTURN INTO THE DITCH. EMPLOYEE #1 JUMPED TO THE LEFT, LANDING HEADFIRST IN THE MUDDY DITCH. HE WAS UNABLE TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY AND WAS STRUCK BY THE F ORKLIFT'S OVERHEAD PROTECTION CAGE AND KILLED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS NOT PROPERLY TRAI NED IN FORKLIFT OPERATION, NOR WAS THE FORKLIFT PROVIDED WITH A SEAT BELT WHICH WOULD HAVE RESTRAINED THE OPERATOR IN HIS SEAT. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT THE MID
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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