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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14546493

JANITOR,TORSO,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,STRUCK BY,RUN OVER

Event
JANITOR,TORSO,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,STRUCK BY,RUN OVER
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14546493
Report ID
418300

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

  1. #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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