OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14491674
CONSTRUCTION,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,LACERATION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,FOOT,LEG,UNSTABLE LOAD
Event description
Employee killed when leg struck by falling metal plate
Investigation abstract
Employees were using a forklift truck to clean up debris at a construction job s ite. Miscellaneous pieces of scrap material had been placed on the forks and Emp loyee #1 was guiding the truck to where the material was to be placed. A large m etal plate with sharp edges fell from the truck and struck Employee #1's left le g, goring and lacerating the leg and foot, and killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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