OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14244511

BACK-UP ALARM,ABDOMEN,HORN,WORK RULES,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,RUN OVER,BACKING UP

1988-04-18T00:00:00

Event: BACK-UP ALARM,ABDOMEN,HORN,WORK RULES,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,RUN OVER,BACKING UP
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14244511
Report ID: 317000

Event description

Employee killed when run over by forklift

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a longshoreman working in a marine terminal, was walking through an open yard carrying his lunch. A 30,000 lb forklift truck that had just dropped off a load of steel pipe in the yard's sorting area started to back up and turn. The rear of the forklift struck Employee #1, knocked him down, and then ran ove r his abdomen, killing him. The forklift truck was not equipped with any operabl e horn or reverse signal alarm.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 45 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
1

Event type
1

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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