OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14297469

REPAIR,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,PELVIS,FALLING OBJECT

1986-04-14T00:00:00

Event: REPAIR,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,PELVIS,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14297469
Report ID: 352420

Event description

Employee crushed and killed by falling forklift mast

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was lying on the floor, servicing a forklift. Coworkers in the area who were servicing a second forklift were removing the 3,500 lb mast assembly, b ut had not secured it while doing so. After the mast assembly was unbolted it fe ll on Employee #1, crushing his pelvic area. He was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 40 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
14

Event type
1

Source
27

Occupation code
516

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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