OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14466312

GORBETT-HOLLOWAY FABRICATORS

SAGINAW, TX· 1988-05-05T00:00:00

Event: KNEE, BLOOD CLOT, WORK RULES, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, SPRAIN, ANKLE, CONTUSION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #2313674
Employer profile: GORBETT-HOLLOWAY FABRICATORS
Summary number: 14466312
Report ID: 626300

Event description

Employee injured when caught under forklift, later dies

Investigation abstract

Employees #1, age 19, and two coworkers were in a storage yard getting sheet ste el for the production shop. When the steel had been sorted and picked up by a fo rklift, Employee #1 jumped on the forklift as it was backing up and fell between the dual wheels on the front of the lift. He suffered bruises and severely spra ined knees and ankles. Complications set in later, and a blood clot was released into his bloodstream. The clot entered Employee #1's heart and killed him on Ma y 5, 1988.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 19 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
16

Event type
2

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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