OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14491591
JOHN R. REID PLUMBING & HEATING
PATERSON, NJ·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY FORKLIFT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WALKING APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET TO THE RIGHT REAR SIDE OF A GRADALL /LOED 534 B-8 MATERIALS HANDLER (FORK LIFT) OPERATED BY AN EMPLOYEE OF ANOTHER E MPLOYER. THE FORKLIFT OPERATOR WAS RELOCATING 20 TO 35 PIECES OF PVC PIPE (20 FE ET LONG AND 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER) FOR THE PLUMBING AND HEATING SUB-CONTRACTOR. E MPLOYEE #1'S HEAD WAS STRUCK BY THE GRADALL'S RIGHT REAR TIRE AS THE OPERATOR MA NEUVERED BETWEEN A PARKED VEHICLE ON THE LEFT AND TWO STACKS OF LUMBER ON THE RI GHT. THE GRADALL HAS 90 DEGREE REAR WHEEL POWER STEERING. IT WAS CARRYING THE PV C PIPE WITH THE FORKS RAISED APPROXIMATELY 4 FEET. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO TH E ACCIDENT.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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