OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14517569
WORK RULES,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,MECH MAT HANDLING,STORAGE RACK
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN STORAGE RACK AND ELECTRIC TRUCK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PLACING PALLETIZED FOOD PRODUCTS INTO THE GROUND LEVEL STORAGE C OMPARTMENTS OF A WAREHOUSE. HE WAS CAUGHT AND CRUSHED BETWEEN THE LOWER STORAGE RACK RAIL AND THE PRIME-MOVER ELECTRIC TRUCK. THE ELECTRIC TRUCK WAS DESIGNED FO R PICKING AND PLACING, BUT WAS INSTEAD BEING USED FOR SLOTTING. SLOTTING OPERATI ONS PLACE THE OPERATOR IN A VERY HAZARDOUS POSITION.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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