OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14400956
CARGILL STEEL & WIRE DIVISION
CARROLLTON, TX·
Event description
FORKLIFT OVERTURNED, CRUSHING EMPLOYEE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, OPERATING A CATERPILLAR FORKLIFT, MODEL T80D, RATED AT 8,000 POUNDS RING THE FORKS BEFORE HE CLEARED THE STACK, AND MAY HAVE CONTACTED THE STACK WIT H THE LOAD. THIS MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE IMBALANCE AND HELPED CAUSE THE OVER TURN. (LOAD CENTERED), PICKED A 4,300 POUND WIRE COIL FROM THE FOURTH LEVEL (ABOUT 13 FEET HIGH) OF A WIRE COIL STACK. THE PICK WAS MADE USING ONLY THE LEFT FORK. WH EN EMPLOYEE #1 BACKED AWAY FROM THE PILE HE MADE A SHARP TURN. THE ADDED WEIGHT OF THE WIRE COIL CAUSED THE FORKLIFT TO OVERTURN TO THE LEFT. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TH ROWN FROM THE FORKLIFT AND PINNED TO THE GROUND (ACROSS HIS BACK) BY THE OVERHEA D GUARD. ALTHOUGH THERE WERE NO WITNESSES, IT IS PROBABLE THAT HE WAS OPERATING THE FORKLIFT AT TOO HIGH A RATE OF SPEED IN A SITUATION WHERE THE LOAD WAS NOT C ENTERED. MEASUREMENTS AT THE SCENE INDICATED THAT THE EMPLOYEE WAS PROBABLY LOWE
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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