OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14447510
NEW SOUTHERN OF ROCKY MOUNT INC
ROCKY MOUNT, NC·
Event description
CRUSHED BY OVERTURNING FORKLIFT
Investigation abstract
ON NOVEMBER 6, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 1:15 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING PEANUT HULLS FROM A PROCESSING AREA INTO A STORAGE AREA. HE WAS USING A FORKLIFT TRUCK. HE PICKED UP A LOAD, WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 1,000 POUNDS, AT ABO UT 50 TO 54 INCHES ABOVE THE WORKING SURFACE. AS EMPLOYEE #1 BACKED AWAY FROM TH E LOADING DOCK, THE LEFT FRONT TIRE WENT INTO A SHALLOW HOLE IN THE CONCRETE SUR FACE (APPROXIMATELY 2" BY 3'). THE FORKLIFT OVERTURNED. EMPLOYEE #1 TRIED TO JUM P CLEAR OF THE FORKLIFT IN THE SAME DIRECTION TO WHICH IT WAS OVERTURNING. HE WA S CAUGHT BY THE OVERHEAD GUARD, WHICH CARRIED HIM TO THE GROUND. HIS HEAD WAS CR USHED BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE OVERHEAD GUARD AND THE CONCRETE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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