OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14541635
METZGER AND COMPANY
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA·
Event description
One killed, one injured when forklift overturns
Investigation abstract
At approximately 11:55 a.m. on August 28, 1986, Employee #2 instructed Employee #1 to use a Pettibone 88 wheeled forklift to hoist him 34 ft onto a job-built wo oden platform to cut a dead tree. The forklift was on an incline and overturned. Employee #2 hit the blacktop, striking his head against the curb. He was killed . Employee #1 was struck by the lift's ROPS, breaking two ribs.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 859
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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