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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14348395

OBSTRUCTED VIEW,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,STRUCK BY,RUN OVER,INATTENTION,LEG

Event
OBSTRUCTED VIEW,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,STRUCK BY,RUN OVER,INATTENTION,LEG
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14348395
Report ID
418400

Event description

EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND RUN OVER BY FORKLIFT

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TALKING TO A FORKLIFT OPERATOR WHOSE LIFT WAS OBSTRUCTING THE AI ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT 4:30 PM ON APRIL 15, 1985. SLE TO NORTHBOUND LIFTS. THE OPERATOR OF THE OBSTRUCTING LIFT BACKED HIS MACHINE TO THE WEST. A SECOND FORKLIFT OPERATOR, MOVING NORTH ON A CATERPILLAR LIFT, MO DEL V80C, SERIAL #3151677, WEIGHING 13,050 POUNDS, STRUCK, KNOCKED DOWN, AND RAN OVER THE LEGS OF EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS WALKING NORTH IN THE UNMARKED AISLE. THE FORKLIFT OPERATOR DID NOT SEE EMPLOYEE #1 OR SOUND HIS HORN. HE SLOWED TO A STOP ONLY AFTER SOME SHOUTING EMPLOYEES GOT HIS ATTENTION. THE LIFT OPERATOR WAS CAR RYING A LOAD WHICH OBSTRUCTED HIS FORWARD VISION. IT WAS ALSO NOISY BECAUSE OF 2 MOULDERS WORKING AND TRUCKS OPERATING NEARBY. THE AISLE WAS 22 INCHES WIDE. THE

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 72 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    18
    Event type
    1
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    12
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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