OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14388177

IND TRK OPERATOR,STORAGE BIN,WORK RULES,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,INATTENTION,POOR VISIBILITY

1989-06-19T00:00:00

Event: IND TRK OPERATOR,STORAGE BIN,WORK RULES,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,INATTENTION,POOR VISIBILITY
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14388177
Report ID: 524700

Event description

Employee injured when struck by falling bins

Investigation abstract

An employee was using a forklift to transport empty parts bins from an outside s torage area through an unlit area. When the employee dumped the bins from the li ft's forks, they struck and injured Employee #1.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
19

Event type
1

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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