OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14485767
PLATFORM,STEEL PLATE,HEAD,GUARD,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,FALL,STRUCK BY,STORAGE AREA
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 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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