OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14526347
GUARDRAIL,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,PALLET,INATTENTION
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN FORKLIFT AND BUILDING SUPPORTS
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE MEASURING THE OVERHEAD STEEL SUPPORTS OF THE ROOF AREA OF A C O THE TRUCK IN AN EMERGENCY. OMPANY TRUCK SHOP. THE EMPLOYEES USED A "HYSTER" FORKLIFT TRUCK, SERIAL #C-005D 21421A, WITH A PALLET RESTING ON THE FORKS, AS A PLATFORM TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE STEEL SUPPORTS. THE SUPPORTS WERE ABOUT 10 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. AS EMPLOYEE #1 WOULD STAND ON THE PALLET, EMPLOYEE #2 WOULD RAISE THE FORKS AND MOVE THE TRU CK FORWARD SIMULTANEOUSLY. DURING ONE OF THESE OPERATIONS, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CRUSH ED BETWEEN THE BACK BRACE OF THE FORKLIFT TRUCK AND THE OVERHEAD STEEL SUPPORTS. THE PALLET USED WAS NOT FIRMLY SECURED TO THE FORKS; NOR DID IT HAVE GUARDRAILS . THERE WERE NO MEANS WHERELY PERSONNEL ON THE PALLET COULD SHUT OFF THE POWER T
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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