OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14541973
MAINTENANCE,E GI IV,ELECTRICAL,ELECTRICAL WORK,LOCKOUT,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,ELECTRICAL FAULT
Event description
CRUSHED BY OUT-OF-CONTROL FORKLIFT
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OF AN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL LIFT TRUCK. HE HAD NOT UNPLUGGED THE BATTERY UNIT OR RAISED THE WHEELS OFF THE FLOOR. THE BATTERY CABLE FLEXED AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE HIGH SPEED REVERSE CONTACTS, STARTING THE LIFT IN MOTION. THE LIFT PUSHED THE EMPLOYEE BACKWARDS APPROXIMATE LY 25 FEET AND CRUSHED HIM BETWEEN SOME PALLETS ALONG THE WALL AND THE LIFT TRUC K.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 518
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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