OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14446629
CROSS COTTON MILLS CO
MARION, NC·
Event description
EMPLOYEE ASPHYXIATED UNDER OVERTURNED FORKLIFT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DRIVING A FORKLIFT TO THE MAINTENACE SHOP WHEN HE RAN OFF THE RO AD. THE FORKLIFT OVERTURNED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS THROWN FROM THE OPERATOR'S SEAT AND PINNED BETWEEN THE FORKLIFT'S OVERHEAD PROTECTION BAR AND A FENCE ON THE CROSS COTTON MILLS COMPANY PROPERTY. HE WAS ASPHYXIATED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 859
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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