OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14489116
HEAD,RAMP,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,UNTRAINED,OVERTURN
Event description
UNTRAINED EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN FORK LIFT OVERTURNED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1'S ASSIGNMENT WAS TO MOVE STACKS OF PAPER FROM ONE ROOM TO ANOTHER WI AND THE CONCRETE FLOOR. THE METAL MAST OF THE OVER HEAD PROTECTION PINNED HIS HE AD BETWEEN THE MAST AND GROUND HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. TH A HAND OPERATED PALLET. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A DATSUN PROPANE POWER ED FORK LIFT TRUCK. WHILE GOING TO THE MEN'S ROOM, THE FORKLIFT OPERATOR PARKED HIS VEHICLE ON A LEVEL AREA AT THE TOP OF A RAMP BETWEEN TWO ROOMS. THE FORK LIF T WAS IN EMPLOYEE #1'S WAY. THE KEYS WERE LEFT IN THE VEHICLE. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD N O TRAINING OR CERTIFICATION AS AN OPERATOR OF A FORKLIFT TRUCK. WITHOUT AUTHORIZ ATION OR PERMISSION, EMPLOYEE #1 ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE FORKLIFT. HE MOVED FORWAR D, HIT A WALL, AND WENT DOWN A RAMP. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED, OUT OF CONTROL, OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RAMP. THE EMPLOYEE WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN THE FORKLIFT TRUCK
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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