OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #660001
H & B MILLIMG CORPORATION
TEWKSBURY, MA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED TO DEATH BETWEEN FORKLIFT AND TRAILER
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXMATELY 1515 HOURS ON APRIL 29, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1, A MILLWORKER WITH 3 Y AND VERTICAL FRAME MEMBER OF THE OVERHEAD CAGE ASSEMBLY AND THE TRAILER. EMPLOYE E #1 SUFFERED MASSIVE INTERNAL INJURIES AND DIED APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS LATER. IT WAS COMMON PRACTICE WITHIN THE YARD TO UTILIZE A BACKING GUIDE DURING FORKLIFT OPERATIONS. EARS OF EXPERIENCE, WAS RIDING ON THE RIGHT HAND STEP OF A HYSTER FORKLIFT, MODE L NUMBER 1-1 100-E, ACTING AS A BACKING GUIDE. THE FORKLIFT OPERATOR, DUE TO POO R FORWARD VISIBILITY, WAS FORCED TO BACK A LOAD OF LUMBER TOWARD THE MILL BUILDI NG. AS THE OPERATOR TURNED A CORNER, BOTH HIS AND THE BACKING GUIDE'S ATTENTION WAS DISTRACTED BY A PIECE OF LUMBER WHICH HAD SLIPPED OFF THE LOAD AND ENTERED T HE CAB AREA. THE OPERATOR REACHED UP AND PUSHED THE PIECE BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL P OSITION. WHEN THE OPERATOR TURNED AROUND TO CHECK HIS POSITION, THE FORKLIFT MAD E CONTACT WITH A PARKED TRAILER, PINNING EMPLOYEE #1 BETWEEN THE FORWARD RIGHT-H
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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