OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14301493
REPAIR,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,LOCKOUT,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by forklift
Investigation abstract
At approximately 4:00 p.m. on July 15, 1988, Employee #1 was repairing a Clarkli ft electrical industrial truck that evidently was not blocked. When he activated the reverse contact switch the fork lift unit forced him into the workbench beh ind him. Employee #1 died approximately two hours later at the University of New Mexico Hospital.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 62 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 503
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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