OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14354252

SHEAROUSE LUMBER COMPANY

POOLER, GA· 1986-06-23T13:30:00

Event: WORK RULES, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, RUN OVER, UNSTABLE POSITION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #101052421
Employer profile: SHEAROUSE LUMBER COMPANY
Summary number: 14354252
Report ID: 418400

Event description

EMPLOYEE FELL OFF FORKLIFT TRUCK AND WAS RUN OVER

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE RIDING AS PASSENGERS ON AN INDUSTRIAL TRUC K (CATERPILLAR FORKLIFT TRUCK MODEL V 250 B, SERIAL NUMBER 72Y00797). THE FORKLI FT WAS EQUIPPED WITH AN OPERATOR'S SEAT BUT WAS NOT DESIGNED TO SAFELY ACCOMODAT E ANY PASSENGERS. AS THE TRUCK NEGOTIATED A LEFT HAND TURN, EMPLOYEE #1, WHO HAD BEEN ON THE TRUCK'S RIGHT SIDE, FELL OR JUMPED OFF, AND WAS RUN OVER. HE SUSTAI NED MULTIPLE INJURIES AND DIED APPROXIMATELY THREE HOURS LATER WHILE IN SURGERY.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 62 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
19

Event type
1

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
2

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