OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14513808

LAND O'LAKES INC

SPENCER, WI· 1988-02-10T00:00:00

Event: CLEARANCE, IND TRK OPERATOR, SUFFOCATED, PINNED, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, BACKING UP, INATTENTION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #101380459
Employer profile: LAND O'LAKES INC
Summary number: 14513808
Report ID: 521100

Event description

Employee killed when pinned between forklift and rack

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was operating a stand-up type High-stacker industrial truck in a che ese cooler. When the truck backed underneath a rack, he became pinned between th e rack and the truck controls. Employee #1 was crushed and he died of suffocatio n.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 56 M

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
4

Event type
2

Source
30

Occupation code
999

Human factor
8

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
2

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