OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14503726

TREASURE CHEST ADV. CO., INC.

LENEXA, KS· 1988-03-07T00:00:00

Event: INSTALLING, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, ADVERTISING SIGN, WORK PLATFORM, UNSTABLE POSITION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #103104840
Employer profile: TREASURE CHEST ADV. CO., INC.
Summary number: 14503726
Report ID: 729700

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM WORK PLATFORM ON FORKLIFT FORKS

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSTALLING A SIGN, WORKING FROM A PLATFORM SUPPORTED BY THE FORK S OF A CLARK FORK LIFT TRUCK. THE WORK PLATFORM TIPPED OFF THE FORKS, CAUSING TH E EMPLOYEE TO FALL 13 FEET TO THE FLOOR. HE WAS KILLED.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 59 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
29

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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