OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14460075
INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,PALLET,STRUCK BY
Event description
STRUCK BY FORK LIFT
Investigation abstract
A FORKLIFT TRUCK WAS BEING USED TO UNLOAD PALLETS OF CHICKENS OFF A TRUCK AND ON TO A CONVEYOR. THE CHICKENS WERE THEN HUNG ON ANOTHER CONVEYOR FOR PROCESSING. T HE EMPLOYEES HANGING THE CHICKENS WERE ON A BREAK. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WALKED T O THE AREA AT THE END OF THE CONVEYOR WHERE THE LIFT TRUCK WAS PLACING THE PALLE TS. HE WAS STRUCK BY THE PALLET AS THE OPERATOR WAS MAKING HIS SWING TO PLACE TH E PALLET ON THE CONVEYOR. THE EQUIPMENT WAS A 1983 KD FORKLIFT, MODEL #T602 TCP- D, SERIAL NUMBER T6020058.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 873
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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