OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14314520

IND TRK OPERATOR,PINNED,WORK RULES,OVERHEAD GUARD,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,MIRED,OVERTURN,UNSTABLE POSITION

1987-08-07T00:00:00

Event: IND TRK OPERATOR,PINNED,WORK RULES,OVERHEAD GUARD,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,MIRED,OVERTURN,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14314520
Report ID: 317000

Event description

Employee killed when pinned by overturned fork truck

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was using a Pettibone Mercury fork truck to move a piece of steel we ighing approximately 800 to 1,000 pounds. He had lifted the load high, and the t ruck's mast was fully raised and tilted forward. The fork truck became stuck and Employee #1 tried to free it by jerking it. The truck turned over onto its left side and caught Employee #1 between the left side top rail of the overhead guar d and the ground. He was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 31 M

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
19

Event type
2

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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