OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14522791
FRACTURE,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,SKULL,RIB,SLIPPERY SURFACE,LOADING DOCK,LEG
Event description
FORKLIFT AND OPERATOR FELL FROM DOCK; EMPLOYEE KILLED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A FORKLIFT, REMOVING DOCK PLATES AFTER HE HAD FINISHED UNLOADING SOME LAMPBLACK. THE FORKLIFT, WITH EMPLOYEE #1 ABOARD, SLID OFF THE U NLOADING DOCK. THE DOCK HAD A SLIGHT INCLINE AND WAS WET WITH SLUSH AND LAMPBLAC K. THE EMPLOYEE DIED OF A FRACTURED SKULL, FRACTURED RIBS AND A FRACTURED LEG.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 62 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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