OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14250534
SOUTHERN CONCRETE MATERIALS INC
WAYNESVILLE, NC·
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY INDUSTRIAL TRUCK
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 2:20 PM ON AUGUST 19, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS LOADING 8 INCH BY 8 INCH BY 12 INCH CONCRETE BLOCKS ONTO A DELIVERY TRUCK. THE TRUCK WAS POSITIONED NEXT TO THE STORAGE AREA. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING A DIESEL POWERED INDUSTRIAL TRU CK TO MOVE PALLETS LOADED WITH CONCRETE BLOCKS FROM STORAGE TO THE TRUCK BED. FO R UNKNOWN REASONS, THE EMPLOYEE LEFT THE VEHICLE UNATTENDED, WITH THE ENGINE RUN NING, FORKS RAISED 4'6", PARKING BRAKE OFF AND THE DRIVE CONTROL SHIFT IN LOW GE AR, WHILE HE REACHED INTO THE TRUCK BED IN AN EFFORT TO RETRIEVE A LOOSE BLOCK. THE FORKLIFT SUDDENLY MOVED FORWARD, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE UPPER SHOULDER, NECK AND HEAD, INFLICTING FATAL INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 859
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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