OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221665995
USA INDUSTRIALS
CHEEKTOWAGA, NY·
Event description
Employee is killed when crushed by forklift while retrieving
Investigation abstract
At 2:40 p.m. on May 15, 2024, Employee #1, working at a commercial business on Sonwil Dr. in Cheektowaga, NY, entered a Clark NPX17 stand-up lift truck to pull an order. While holding an order sheet, the employee dropped it and leaned down to retrieve it, with his right hand still on the truck's movement controller. This action caused the forklift to reverse. As the forklift moved backward, the employee's head was caught between a stack of plastic sheets and the moving lift truck, resulting in fatal skull fractures and severe blood loss.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 889
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