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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14516082

INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,STRUCK BY,OVERTURN

Event
INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,STRUCK BY,OVERTURN
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14516082
Report ID
420600

Event description

STRUCK BY OVERTURNING FORKLIFT

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DRIVING A TOYOTA LIFT TRUCK. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT A LOADED P ALLET INTO THE LAST BAY ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF A 1984 GMC 7000 TRUCK. (THE TRUC K HAD BAYS ALONG IT'S SIDES WITH DOORS THAT ROLLED UP AND DOWN AT THE BAYS.) AT THE SAME TIME, HE WAS YELLING AT THE DRIVER, WHO WAS ABOUT TO MOVE THE TRUCK, TO WAIT. THE DRIVER DID NOT HEAR EMPLOYEE #1 AND STARTED TO MOVE THE TRUCK, CAUSIN G THE LIFT TRUCK TO TIP OVER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY THE FALLING L IFT TRUCK.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 26 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    1
    Source
    30
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1

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