OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14321269
HEAD,IND TRK OPERATOR,UNEVEN GROUND,PINNED,SPEEDING,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,NECK,OVERTURN
Event description
Driver crushed and killed when forklift overturns
Investigation abstract
At approximately 11:30 p.m., Employee #1 was driving a model FD 45 Toyota forkli ft, serial #FD 45-14138, down a gravel-covered road to pick up a hog of cement w hen the forklift turned over. Employee #1 tried to jump off the forklift, but hi s head and neck were pinned under it and crushed, killing him. Employee #1 had a pparently been driving the forklift too fast.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 845
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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