OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14505275
ACTION PRODUCTS, INC.
ODESSA, MO·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN BACKED INTO TABLE BY INDUSTRIAL TRUCK
Investigation abstract
THE DRIVER OF AN INDUSTRIAL TRUCK UNLOADED MATERIAL IN AN ASSEMBLY AREA. HE THEN BACKED IN A SEMI-CIRCLE TOWARD EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS HANDLING PLASTIC PARTS WHIL E STANDING NEXT TO A FIXED TABLE AND CONVEYOR. THE DRIVER STOPPED ABOUT 1 1/2 FE ET TO 2 FEET FROM EMPLOYEE #1 AND THEN PROCEEDED TO BACK AGAINST HER, PINNING HE R AGAINST THE TABLE AND CONVEYOR. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT SHE REFUSED BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS AND CONSEQUENTLY DIED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 49 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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