OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #707927
BETHLEHEM STEEL CORP.
SPARROWS POINT, MD·
Event description
FORKLIFT OPERATOR KILLED WHEN LIFT OVERTURNED (OVERLOADED)
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, THE OPERATOR OF A YALE FORKLIFT TRUCK RATED AT 3700 POUNDS, ATTEMPT ED TO LIFT A LOAD WEIGHING 5,000 POUNDS. THE TRUCK OVERTURNED INTO A 35 FEET DEE P SLAG PIT. THE TRUCK'S CAB WAS CRUSHED. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED OF A COMBINATION OF CR USHING INJURIES AND BURNS FROM THE HOT SLAG IN THE PIT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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