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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221652001

PATTEN SEED COMPANY LLC

Event
Caught Between, Crushed, Forklift, Hydraulic Line, Mast, Pinned
NAICS
111421
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#347367799
Employer profile
PATTEN SEED COMPANY LLC
Summary number
221652001
Report ID
0454713

Event description

Employee is killed when pinned between forklift mast and cab

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 a.m. on March 20, 2024, an employee was driving a forklift and noticed a hydraulic line that had come loose on the mast of the forklift. The employee climbed through the front of the forklift in an attempt to reposition the hydraulic line into the correct position. The employee was between the mast of the forklift and the cab of the forklift and was pinned to the top of the cab by the mast when it moved rearward. The employee was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 33 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    479

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