OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14519326
BAYOU STEEL CORP
LAPLACE, LA·
Event description
STRUCK BY FORKLIFT
Investigation abstract
ON NOVEMBER 13, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 8 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A FORK LI FT. ONE OF THE FRONT WHEELS STRUCK A PIECE OF DUNNAGE (4" BY 4" BY 7'). THE END OF THE DUNNAGE PIECE FLIPPED UP INTO THE CAB, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 AND KNOCKING HIM OFF THE FORKLIFT. THE FORKLIFT WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN, WHICH CAUSED THE RIG HT REAR WHEEL TO STRIKE EMPLOYEE #1 AND RUN OVER HIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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