OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14490841
TRU-STITCH FOOTWEAR DIV. OF WOLVERINE WORLDWIDE
MALONE, NY·
Event description
Guard killed when crushed between wall and forklift
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 a security guard on rounds, apparently attempted to switch on the li ghts when he inadvertently activated the battery-powered walk-along forklift, pi nning himself against the wall. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 61 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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