OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #517409
HEAD,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,LUMBER,STRUCK BY
Event description
Employee dies after being struck by forklift
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, who was followed by another employee, had walked out of a lunch roo m through an aisle and entered the travel path of a forklift carrying a 24 ft wi de and 30 in. high lumber stack. When Employee #1 realized that he was being str uck by the forklift he tried to hold on to the lumber but was thrown 20 to 30 ft onto an asphalt road. Employee #1 died of head injuries in the hospital after 1 8 days of hospitalization.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 65 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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