OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14500219
CAUGHT BETWEEN,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,LACERATION,LUMBER,TRUCK,PALLET,TRAILER
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN CAUGHT BETWEEN TRUCK AND TRAILER.
Investigation abstract
On May 8, 1989, Employee #1 had just unloaded a pallet of lumber weighing 3200 l bs with a Hyster fork truck, Model H60C, capacity 6000 lb. Employee #1 then got off the truck and positioned himself between the fork truck and a trailer. The f ork truck rolled backward and caught Employee #1 between the truck and the trail er.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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