OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14515316
SCRAP YARD,OVERHEAD GUARD,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,AUTOMOBILE,STEERING WHEEL
Event description
CRUSHED BY COLLAPSED OVERHEAD GUARD OF FORKLIFT
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was moving a crushed automobile in an auto salvage yard using a roug h terrain forklift. The structure of the lift truck failed, allowing the mast to collapse forward under the weight. The overhead guard, which was attached to th e mast, was pulled down and forward as well. Employee #1 was crushed between the guard and the steering wheel column of the forklift.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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