OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14250922
SPEEDING,OVERHEAD GUARD,BACK,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,LOST CONTROL,BACKING UP,OVERTURN
Event description
FORKLIFT OVERTURNED; EMPLOYEE CRUSHED UNDER OVERHEAD GUARD
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 1:15 PM ON MAY 1, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1, AN EMPLOYEE OF HACKNEY BRO THERS BODY COMPANY OF WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA, WAS OPERATING A CLARK 2,000 POUND FORKLIFT. THE FORKLIFT WAS TOO SMALL TO DO THE JOB HE WAS ATTEMPTING, SO HE DECI DED TO GET A LARGER FORKLIFT. HE BACKED THE FORKLIFT ABOUT 60 FEET FROM THE WORK AREA, MADE A TURN, APPARENTLY AT TOO HIGH A SPEED, AND LOST CONTROL. THE FORKLI FT OVERTURNED, THROWING HIM FROM THE SEAT. THE FORKLIFT'S OVERHEAD GUARD STRUCK HIM IN THE LOWER BACK AREA, CRUSHING HIM AND PINNING HIM AGAINST THE CONCRETE SU RFACE. HE DIED FROM MASSIVE INTERNAL INJURIES AND INTERNAL BLEEDING.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 859
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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