OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14377568

LOADING,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,BACKING UP,INATTENTION,OVERTURN

1988-05-13T14:00:00

Event: LOADING,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,BACKING UP,INATTENTION,OVERTURN
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14377568
Report ID: 521700

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN FORKLIFT OVERTURNED ONTO HIM

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 2 PM ON MAY 13, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING A FORK FIFT TRUCK T O MOVE FIFTEEN BOXES OF MEAT STACKED ON A PALLET. EACH BOX WEIGHED ABOUT 90 POUN DS. EMPLOYEE #1 DROVE FORWARD, PICKED UP THE LOAD, AND BACKED OUT OF THE LOADING AREA. IN THE PROCESS, HE BACKED ONTO AND OVER THE CURB, CAUSING THE LIFT TO OVE RTURN. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS KILLED WHEN HE WAS CRUSHED UNDER THE FORKLIFT.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 24 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
4

Event type
2

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
2

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