OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14503411
LOADING,IND TRK OPERATOR,STUCK,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK
Event description
Operator killed when caught between forklift parts
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a loader operator, was removing tracks from a railroad bed and plac ing them on a flatbed truck when his front end loader/forklift became stuck in t he mud. He was found dead, caught between the lifting arm and the frame of the e quipment.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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