OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14496608
IND TRK OPERATOR,PINNED,SPEEDING,WORK RULES,OVERHEAD GUARD,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,SEAT BELT,STRUCK BY,OVERTURN
Event description
Employee killed when pinned under overturned forklift
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was operating a Clark forklift at an excessive rate of speed when he made a sharp left turn while braking to a stop. He was thrown off the right sid e of the forklift onto the concrete floor. The right rear section of the forklif t's overhead protection support struck him in the head and chest, pinning him. E mployee #1 was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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