OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14254734
HEAD,WORK RULES,OVERHEAD GUARD,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,MECH MAT HANDLING,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,LUMBER STACK,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
FORKLIFT OPERATOR KILLED WHEN STACK OF LUMBER FELL ONTO LIFT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A POWERED FORKLIFT. HE ATTEMPTED TO SQUARE A 17 FOOT P INE LUMBER STACK THAT WAS 6 BUNDLES HIGH. EMPLOYEE #1 PUSHED AT THE HALF WAY POI NT OF THE STACK WITH A BUNDLE OF FIRWOOD ON THE FORK BLADES. THE TOP TWO BUNDLES , WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 7800 LBS TOTAL (AND A PARTIAL BURST THIRD BUNDLE), FELL ONTO THE OVERHEAD SUPPORT OF THE FORK LIFT. UNAPPROVED UTILITY LAMPS HAD BEEN A TTACHED VIA DRILLED BOLT HOLES THROUGH THE OVERHEAD SAFETY CAGE. THE WEAKENED ME TAL BROKE WHERE THE HOLES HAD BEEN DRILLED. THE FALLING WOOD AND THE SAFETY CAGE FELL ONTO EMPLOYEE #1, INFLICTING A FATAL TRAUMA INJURY TO THE HEAD.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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