OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14554414

IND TRK OPERATOR,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,LUMBER,STRUCK BY,LUMBER STACK,UNSTABLE POSITION

1986-07-11T00:00:00

Event: IND TRK OPERATOR,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,LUMBER,STRUCK BY,LUMBER STACK,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14554414
Report ID: 728900

Event description

Employee killed when lumber falls off forklift

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was stacking banded lumber with a forklift. Each bundle of lumber wa s 28 in. tall by 30 in. wide by 7 ft long and contained 35 4 in. by 6 in. by 7 f t cottonwood beams, stacked four high. Employee #1 had dismounted to set the dun nage for the second stack when the first stack (three bundles) fell over on him. He suffered numerous crushing injuries and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 49 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
43

Occupation code
856

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
1

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