OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14297469
ALL FREIGHT DISTRIBUTION COMPANY INC
BALTIMORE, MD·
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
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#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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