OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14411938
LOADING,BOOM,WORK RULES,FOOT CONTROL,RIDING ON EQUIPMENT,CAUGHT BETWEEN,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK
Event description
Employee killed by forklift boom
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, age 20, and a coworker were on a loading dock, loading mail sacks w ith a forklift. Employee #1 jumped on the forklift between the cab and the boom and pushed on the operating lever with his foot to tilt the boom toward the driv er. Employee #1 became caught between the cab railing and the hydraulic boom, an d was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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