OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14423974
FAMOUS BARR WAREHOUSE
ST. LOUIS, MO·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM FORKS OF "ORDER PICKER"
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 OPERATED A HI-RISE ORDER PICKER THAT WAS EQUIPPED WITH A BEDDING TRU CK THAT FIT OVER THE HI-RISE'S FORKS. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FOUND LYING ON ONE SIDE OF THE HI-RISE. THE BEDDING TRUCK WAS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE. THE FORKS OF THE HI-RI SE WERE FIVE FEET IN THE AIR. EMPLOYEE #1 MAY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REPOSITION THE BEDDING TRUCK. HE WAS FOUND TO HAVE TWO BROKEN ARMS, A CRUSHED CHEST, AND A HEA D INJURY. IT IS BELIEVED THAT EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HOLDING ON TO THE BEDDING TRUCK AS IT SLID OFF THE FORKS. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS KILLED, WA S NOT FOUND UNTIL FOUR HOURS AFTER HIS REGULAR QUITTING TIME.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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