OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14518237
TRUSS,WORK RULES,RIDING ON EQUIPMENT,BACK,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,NECK,LOST BALANCE
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL 11 FEET FROM FORK LIFT FORKS; WAS KILLED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING ON THE FORKS OF LIFT TRUCK, APPROXIMATELY 11 FEET ABOVE THE FLOOR, SETTING UP A WOOD TRUSS. THE TRUSS BROKE IN HALF AND FELL. EMPLOYEE #1 GRABBED HALF OF THE TRUSS AND IT FELL WITH HIM. HE LANDED ON HIS BACK AND NEC K, AND WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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