OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14499131
LOUISIANA PACIFIC
LUFKIN, TX·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by retracting forks
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 crawled under the carriage of forks that supported a bundle of plywo od being fed to a large sanding machine. The forks were jammed by a 2 by 4 that had become lodged between them and the lift table. Employee #1 dislodged the 2 b y 4, and as the forks retracted to their original position they struck him in th e face and head. Employee #1 was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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