OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14485064
GENERAL ABRASIVE COMPANY
NIAGARA FALLS, NY·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by forklift
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was walking across a driveway between two buildings when he was stru ck and killed by a forklift. The forklift operator was carrying a load that obst ructed his view and he did not see Employee #1 in front of the truck.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 64 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 453
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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