OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #672261
SLATER STEELS CORP FT. WAYNE SPECIALTY ALLOYS DIV
FORT WAYNE, IN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FORKLIFT ACCIDENT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, WITH ASSISTANCE FROM A CO-WORKER, MANEUVERED A CLARK, CY60, 6000 PO UND FORK-LIFT TRUCK INTO POSITION TO DESCEND AN INCLINED CONCRETE RAMP. ON HER O WN ACCORD SHE ENTERED THE RAMP, FAILED TO STEER THE VEHICLE INTO A STRAIGHT TRAJ ECTORY AND STRUCK A 4 INCH TALL, 6 INCH WIDE WOODEN BUMBER GUARD. THE FORKLIFT O VERTURNED TO THE SIDE, INFLICTING SERIOUS INTERNAL INJURIES TO THE EMPLOYEE. SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE LUTHERAN HOSPITAL BY AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE, WHERE SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 36 F
- Nature of injury
- 9
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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