Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14386171

THOMAS STEEL CORPORATION

Event
CHEST, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, RUN OVER, BACKING UP, INATTENTION
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#101709574
Employer profile
THOMAS STEEL CORPORATION
Summary number
14386171
Report ID
521700

Event description

Employee killed when run over by lift truck

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 walked out of a locker room and about 20 ft through an area where bi llets were being stacked. A lift truck that had been parked started backing up a nd ran over Employee #1, crushing his upper chest. He was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 53 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    1
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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