OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14350896

REPAIR,VEHICLE IN GEAR,WORK RULES,VIBRATIONS,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,STRUCK BY,UNMANNED

1985-02-04T00:00:00

Event: REPAIR,VEHICLE IN GEAR,WORK RULES,VIBRATIONS,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,STRUCK BY,UNMANNED
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14350896
Report ID: 418300

Event description

Employee killed when crushed between two forklifts

Investigation abstract

At approximately 1:00 p.m. on February 4, 1985, Employee #1 drove a forklift int o the shop for repairs. He stopped the forklift directly in front of another for klift that was running while its operator was repairing the hydraulic lines. Tha t forklift had both an automatic transmission and a clutch; it vibrated into gea r and jumped forward, crushing and killing Employee #1.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 24 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
1

Event type
1

Source
30

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
1

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