OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14466593

HEAD,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,RIDING ON EQUIPMENT,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,FALL,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE LOAD,UNSTABLE POSITION

1987-07-06T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,RIDING ON EQUIPMENT,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,FALL,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE LOAD,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14466593
Report ID: 626300

Event description

Employee killed when container falls off forklift

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was using a forklift to empty an 84 in. long box-type trash containe caused the box to become unstable. r over the edge of a scrap truck. The box, which was elevated to a height of abo ut 12 ft, fell sideways off the 42 in. long forks, causing Employee #1 to fall t o the paved yard. The box landed on his head, killing him. The trash box was not secured to the forklift in any manner and did not have crossmembers below the f orks. Employees routinely rode the box on the rear of the forklift to stabilize the box on the forks. This emptying procedure had been in use for the last 6 mon ths. The wind was blowing 22 miles per hour on the day of the accident, and the tire latch on the side off which the box fell was missing. Both factors may have

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 21 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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