OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14312680
SPEEDING,WORK RULES,ROPS,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,SHARP TURN,OVERTURN
Event description
Employee killed when crushed between forklift and pavement
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, an over-the-road truck driver, returned to the company warehouse du ring the lunch hour. Not wanting to wait for the regular forklift operator to re turn from lunch, Employee #1 mounted a forklift and proceeded at high speed down a ramp to the parking lot. He made a sharp left turn and the forklift overturne d, crushing him to death between the forklift's protective canopy and the paveme nt.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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