OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14504997

HEAD,DITCH,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,NECK,ARM,LOST CONTROL,OVERTURN

1985-08-12T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,DITCH,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,NECK,ARM,LOST CONTROL,OVERTURN
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14504997
Report ID: 728500

Event description

EMPLOYEE DROVE FORKLIFT INTO DITCH - CRUSHED AGAINST GROUND

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS RETURNING TO A LUMBER YARD AFTER DELIVERING SHINGLES TO A RESIDE NCE. HE HAD JUST MADE A TURN ONTO A BLACKTOP ROAD WHEN A YOUNG PERSON CAME OUT O F A HOUSE HE HAD JUST PASSED AND HOLLERED AT HIM. AS HE TURNED AROUND THE FORKLI FT WENT INTO THE RIGHT HAND DITCH. HE WAS THROWN FROM THE SEAT. THE DITCH HAD AB OUT A 2 FOOT SLOPE. THE FORKLIFT LAID OVER ONTO EMPLOYEE #1, BREAKING ONE ARM AN D CRUSHING HIS HEAD AND NECK. THE POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE. THE FORK LIFT WAS CHECKED OUT AND FOUND TO BE OK. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD DRIVEN THE FORK LIFT FOR PA RT OF TWO SUMMERS AS A PART TIME EMPLOYEE. THE PERSON WHO HOLLERED AT HIM THOUGH T HE HAD SIDESWIPED A CAR 150 FEET BACK.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 19 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
2

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
5

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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