OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14491450

FRACTURE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,SKULL,LOADER,OVERTURN,UNSTABLE POSITION

1986-07-10T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,SKULL,LOADER,OVERTURN,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14491450
Report ID: 214500

Event description

Employee killed when crushed by high-lift loader

Investigation abstract

Some carpenters, were shifting a two-sty wooden-tray structure. Employee #1 was using a Lull high-lift loader (Model No. 400) to hoist 4-ft by 8-ft sheeting to the roof. The machine was traveling north to south on a side slope with the lift arm and mast in the raised position when the loader overturned, crushing Employ ee #1 against the ground. He died of multiple skull fractures.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 32 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
2

Source
30

Occupation code
999

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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