OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14321129
L & L LIFT TRUCK CORPORATION
FEASTERVILLE, PA·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling forklift
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was sitting on a forklift truck that was being transferred from a fl at trailer to a tilt bed truck. The tilt bed truck was moved away from the flat trailer, and its bed was tilted to lower the forklift down to a group of workers . When the bed was tilted, the forklift began to slip off the back of the bed. O ne of the workers on the ground told Employee #1 to jump off the forklift. As he did so, the forklift fell off the back of the bed and rolled over onto Employee #1, killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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