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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #722488

CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,FALL

Event
CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,FALL
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
722488
Report ID
521700

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN FORK LIFT TRUCK FALLS FROM DOCK

Investigation abstract

At about 1:00 p.m., Employee #1 who worked for The Sherwin Williams Company, was driving a forklift truck to load a trailer. During the loading, the forklift tr uck rolled about 5 ft off of the dock and crushed Employee #1 against the paveme nt, killing him.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 62 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    5
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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