OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14291744
IND TRK OPERATOR,VEHICLE IN GEAR,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,UNMANNED
Event description
Employee crushed and killed between forklift and lumber pile
Investigation abstract
At 3:10 p.m. on May 16, 1989, Employee #1 dismounted the forklift he was operati ng and stood in front of its load of dry lumber. The forklift drifted forward, s triking Employee #1 and crushing him between the load and the remaining stack of dry lumber. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 843
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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