OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14521116
GUARD,ROLL-OVER,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,OVERTURN
Event description
EMPLOYEE IS CRUSHED BY OVERTURNED POWERED INDUSTRIAL TRUCK
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was using an electric lift truck to carry a scrap turnings bin from the establishment to a dump bin. Employee #1 traveled the truck down a ramp with the load carrying means elevated and attempted to make a 90-plus degree turn at the bottom. The truck overturned and Employee #1 fell from the operator's seat and his head was trapped between the trucks overhead guard and the pavement, fat ally crushing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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