OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14350037
FLORIDA LUMBER COMPANY
MIAMI, FL·
Event description
Employee dies after falling from forklift forks
Investigation abstract
Around 7:00 p.m. on July 6, 1988, Employee #1 was elevated approximately 9 feet from the ground on the forks of a Hyster forklift so that he could unjam an over head roll door in the west yard area. Employee #1 lost his balance and fell to t he asphalt floor. He sustained serious head injuries and died on July 26, 1988.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 2
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