OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14261929
OVERHEAD PROTECTION,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,LOST CONTROL,UNTRAINED,OVERTURN
Event description
CRUSHED BY OVERTURNING FORKLIFT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 LOST CONTROL OF AN EMPTY FORKLIFT WHILE HE WAS DESCENDING AN INCLINE D ROADWAY BETWEEN TWO BUILDINGS. HE WAS TRAVELLING WITH THE FORKS IN THE FORWARD POSITION. THE BAKER MODEL 185 FORKLIFT OVERTURNED, PINNING EMPLOYEE #1 BETWEEN THE ROADWAY SURFACE AND THE OVERHEAD CAGE PROTECTION WHICH WAS MOUNTED ON THE FO RKLIFT. NO SEATBELTS WERE INSTALLED. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS UNTRAINED IN FORKLIFT OPERATIONS, WAS PERFORMING DUTIES RARELY ASSIGNED TO HIM. A SLIGHT DEPRESSION I N THE ROADWAY MAY HAVE BEEN A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THE ACCIDENT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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