OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14500987
STAND-UP OPERATOR,VEHICLE,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,MECH MAT HANDLING,UNTRAINED,BACKING UP,TRUCK DRIVER
Event description
EMPLOYEE WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN FORK LIFT TRUCK & SHELF
Investigation abstract
A CUSTODIAN, UNTRAINED AND NOT AUTHORIZED BY MANAGEMENT TO OPERATE A FORK LIFT T RUCK, WAS GIVEN PERMISSION BY A FELLOW HOURLY EMPLOYEE TO "PRACTICE" ON THE COMP ANY'S NEWLY PURCHASED "HYSTER" NARROW AISLE ELECTRIC LIFT TRUCK. THE TRUCK WAS P ROVIDED WITH AN OVERHEAD GUARD BUT NO GUARD AT THE OPERATOR'S STATION IN THE STA ND-UP RIDER COMPARTMENT. THE EMPLOYEE BACKED INTO EMPTY METAL CONSTRUCTED SHELVI NG AND WAS PINNED BETWEEN A RACK OF SHELF AND THE CONTROLS OF THE LIFT TRUCK, RE SULTING IN HER DEATH.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 F
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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