OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14546493
JANITOR,TORSO,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,STRUCK BY,RUN OVER
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN RUN OVER BY FORK LIFT TRUCK
Investigation abstract
At 12:45 p.m. on July 22, 1989, Employee #1, a janitor, was in a crouched positi on painting a support beam for the roof. The beam was immediately adjacent to th e travel lane for fork lift trucks. Employee #1 was struck by the load on a fork lift truck and partially run over by the load on the forks. Employee #1 was pro nounced dead at the scene.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 453
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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