OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #692608
JONES AND BALL, INC.
HAMPTON, VA·
Event description
Employee killed by unmanned rolling forklift
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker were attempting to close the gates on the back of a t th unset brakes and unchocked wheels. ruck loaded with bricks. Because of an overhanging stack of bricks, the gates wo uld not close. The coworker obtained another stack of bricks on a forklift to pu sh forward the bricks on the truck. He then backed up the forklift, and dismount ed to help Employee #1 close the gates on the truck. Looking back, the coworker observed the forklift rolling toward him and Employee #1. He jumped out of the w ay and yelled to Employee #1, but Employee #1 was crushed and killed between the truck bed and the elevated stack of bricks on the forklift. The coworker left t he forklift unattended in reverse gear, on an incline with a raised load, and wi
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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