OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14441505
ARMOUR FRESH MEATS COMPANY
NAMPA, ID·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN FORKLIFT OVERTURNED ONTO HIM
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 10 AM ON MARCH 123, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A TOYOTA FO RK LIFT TRUCK. HE HAD JUST ASSISTED OTHER EMPLOYEES IN THE UNLOADING OF EQUIPMEN T FROM A TRAILER. HE WAS RETURNING TO LOAD OTHER EQUIPMENT. HE WAS TRAVELING DOW N A HARD COMPACTED DIRT ROADWAY WHEN HE DROVE OFF THE EDGE OF THE ROAD. THE ROAD WAY WAS ELEVATED ABOUT 16 INCHES AND CROWNED. WHEN THE FORKLIFT LEFT THE ROADWAY , IT TIPPED OVER ONTO IT'S RIGHT SIDE, THREW EMPLOYEE #1 OUT, CAME DOWN ON HIM, AND CRUSHED HIS CHEST. CAUSAL FACTORS INCLUDE POOR TRAINING AND LACK OF SEAT BEL TS.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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