OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14244537
OBSTRUCTED VIEW,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,TRAILER
Event description
Employee killed when crushed between load and truck trailer
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a truck driver, was tying down a load of lumber to a trailer. He wa lked between the back of the trailer and a forklift truck that was loaded with w aferboard. The forklift operator could not see Employee #1 and caught him betwee n the load and the back of the trailer. Employee #1 was crushed and killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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