OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #601435

EJECTED,IND TRK OPERATOR,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,FALL,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,LOADING DOCK,BACKING UP

1988-06-16T00:00:00

Event: EJECTED,IND TRK OPERATOR,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,FALL,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,LOADING DOCK,BACKING UP
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 601435
Report ID: 420600

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling forklift

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was on a loading dock using a forklift to load a trailer. He had rel eased the load, backed out of the trailer, and was traveling in reverse on the d ock to turn around. He was then going to travel forward toward the center of the dock to pick up the next load. While turning the forklift and traveling in reve rse, he backed off the 4 ft high dock. The forklift fell, counterweight-first, t o the asphalt and Employee #1 fell out of the forklift to his left. The forklift fell on him and crushed him to death.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 22 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
4

Hazardous substance
8880

Task assigned
1

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