OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14511513
JESUS BALLESTEROS
SAN ANTONIO, TX·
Event description
STRUCK BY FORKLIFT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #2 PICKED UP 3 CRUSHED VEHICLES WITH A FORKLIFT. HE WAS MOVING THE VEHI CLES TOWARD EMPLOYEE #1'S TRUCK, WHICH WAS PARKED ON SOMERSET ROAD. EMPLOYEE #2 REACHED THE PROPERTY FENCE, RAISED THE FORKS, THEN LOWERED THEM TO GET UNDER SOM E WIRES. THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE RAISED OFF THE GROUND, CAUSING THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE TO SWING TO THE RIGHT. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS STANDING NEXT TO THE FORK LI FT, WAS STRUCK AND KILLED.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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