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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14394019

IND TRK OPERATOR,DITCH,WORK RULES,ROPS,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,SEAT BELT,INATTENTION,OVERTURN

Event
IND TRK OPERATOR,DITCH,WORK RULES,ROPS,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,SEAT BELT,INATTENTION,OVERTURN
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14394019
Report ID
625700

Event description

Employee killed by ROPS when forklift overturns

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, age 19, was driving a forklift on a blacktop street. He had a cup o f coffee with him. The forklift ran into a ditch and overturned. Employee #1 was crushed by the headache (overhead cage) bars and killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 19 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    1
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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