OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14482996
FORT ORANGE PAPER CO INC
CASTLETON, NY—
Event description
Employee killed when crushed between forklift parts
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:30 p.m. on May 14, 1984, Employee #1 was replacing a hydrauli c seal on the main vertical hydraulic cylinder of a Caterpillar electric forklif t truck. He was standing on the dashboard replacing a pin that connects the top of the cylinder to the top of the mast when his foot or leg apparently struck a control lever. This caused the mast to move toward the front of the overhead pro tection canopy, crushing and killing Employee #1 between the two. Turning the ke y switch off or disengaging the battery connector could have prevented this acci dent.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 61 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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