OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14394407
CHEST,CHOCK,WHEEL,MAINTENANCE,BRAKE,PINNED,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BETWEEN,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,OIL WELL SERVICING
Event description
Employee killed when caught between two forklifts
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:55 p.m. on March 9, 1989, Employee #1 had finished changing a 2101 and moved it forward to release Employee #1, who had suffered fatal chest i njuries. OSHA believes that the accident occurred due to a failure to chock the wheels on machine #22101, or a possible failure to set the brakes. muffler tailpipe system on a large Case W24C forklift (#22102) at a work site. He wished to move the machine but found it inoperable and decided to use a simil ar forklift (#22101) to charge its battery. A coworker, the operator of machine #22101, parked approximately 3 ft away from #22102, got out, and attached the ch arge cable to #22101. Meanwhile, Employee #1 was standing between the two machin es, attaching the jumper cable to #22102. When the operator returned to his cab to start the engine, #22101 rolled backward, pinning Employee #1 between the two machines. When the forklift operator became aware of the accident, he ran to #2
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 64 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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