OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14450084
DESIGNER WOOD PRODUCTS
PIERZ, MN·
Event description
Employee killed when pinned under overturned forklift
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was operating a forklift outside of the plant buildings on an inclin ed gravel driveway area. The employee drove the forklift, which was designed for use on hard level surfaces, off the east edge of the roadway near an area where a culvert passed under the roadway. The forklift overturned, pinning Employee # 1 beneath and killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 658
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 2
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