OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14562342

HEAD,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,BACK,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,FALL,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,WORK PLATFORM

1987-04-04T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,BACK,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,FALL,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,WORK PLATFORM
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14562342
Report ID: 214700

Event description

EMPLOYEE IN A CONTAINER FELL FROM ELEVATED FORK LIFT FORKS

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING FROM A SHIPPING CONTAINER INSTEAD OF A SAFETY PLATFORM O N THE FORKS OF A FORKLIFT. THE FORKS TILTED FORWARD, ALLOWING THE UNSECURED CONT AINER TO FALL. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL OUT OF THE CONTAINER 14 FEET TO THE CONCRETE FLO OR. THE 190 POUND CONTAINER THEN FELL ONTO THE EMPLOYEE'S BACK AND HEAD, KILLING HIM.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 31 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
2

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