OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #561340
IND TRK OPERATOR,DOCK,PINNED,ROLL-OVER,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,TRAILER,LOADING DOCK
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED TO DEATH BETWEEN TRAILER AND DOCK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES WHEN HE WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN A TRUCK'S TRAILE R AND A SHIPPING DOCK. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS UNLOADING SOLDER-CARRYING CYLINDERS FROM THE TRAILER OF A 2 1/2-TON COMMERCIAL TRUCK AND APPARENTLY DROVE INTO THE TRUCK' S TRAILER. UPON BACKING UP, THE WEIGHT OF THE FORKLIFT CAUSED THE TRUCK TO MOVE FORWARD, LEAVING A GAP BETWEEN THE FLOOR OF THE TRAILER AND THE DOCK. THE FORKLI FT FLIPPED BACKWARD, PINNING EMPLOYEE #1 AGAINST THE DOCK.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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