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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14503411

LOADING,IND TRK OPERATOR,STUCK,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK

Event
LOADING,IND TRK OPERATOR,STUCK,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14503411
Report ID
729700

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

  1. #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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