OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14485767
MATTHEWS & FIELDS LUMBER OF HENRIETTA INC.
ROCHESTER, NY·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM FORKLIFT TRUCK
Investigation abstract
On May 4, 1989, Employee #1 was operating an order picker, the Hyster forklift t ruck, Model R030B. On this type of truck the operator operating controls goes up and down with the forks. As the platform was being raised, the steel plate whic h was welded to the uprights, apparently struck the underside of the storage mez zanine. This caused the uprights to break off at the welds. Employee #1 fell bac kward to the floor from a height of over 10 feet. Then Employee #1 was struck on the head by the edge of the overload guard. Employee #1 sustained fatal head in juries.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- HEAD (13)
- Accident type
- FALL(FROM ELEVATION) (5)
- Source of injury
- HOISTING APPARATUS (24)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQUIP./METHOD (8)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.