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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14484240

IND TRK OPERATOR,PINNED,WORK RULES,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,LOADING DOCK,HORSEPLAY,BACKING UP

Event
IND TRK OPERATOR,PINNED,WORK RULES,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,LOADING DOCK,HORSEPLAY,BACKING UP
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14484240
Report ID
213100

Event description

Employee killed when pinned by falling forklift

Investigation abstract

On May 6, 1986, Employee #1, age 19, was operating a Clark forklift truck on a l oading dock of a building. He and a coworker, who was also driving a forklift, w ere trying to see who could come nearest to the edge of the dock with his vehicl e when Employee #1's forklift fell or was backed off the edge of the dock. He wa s pinned under the forklift truck and killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 19 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    5
    Source
    30
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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