OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #653667

BEAM,BACKING UP,STEERING WHEEL

1990-01-05T00:00:00

Event: BEAM,BACKING UP,STEERING WHEEL
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 653667
Report ID: 111400

Event description

EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN STEERING COMPARTMENT AND BEAM

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was operating a reach truck and backed into a horizontal shelf beam of a storage rack. He was crushed between the beam and the steering compartment.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 28 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
2

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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