Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14502959

INTERSTATE BRANDS CORP.

Event
HEAD, REPAIR, WORK RULES, MECHANIC, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALLING OBJECT, JACK, UNSTABLE POSITION
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#18271957
Employer profile
INTERSTATE BRANDS CORP.
Summary number
14502959
Report ID
729700

Event description

Employee killed when forklift falls off jack

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a mechanic, was repairing the starter on a forklift. He had jacked up the truck with a 4-ton floor jack and was lying under it. The forklift slippe d off the jack and fell to the concrete floor, crushing Employee #1's head. He w as killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 47 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    2
    Source
    30
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    18
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1

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