OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #726539

HANDY ANDY

Name: OSHA Workplace Safety Incident Index
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-works

MEMONETTE PARK, IL· 1988-06-02T00:00:00

Event: SPEEDING, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, LOST CONTROL, BACKING UP, OVERTURN
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #101133528
Employer profile: HANDY ANDY
Summary number: 726539
Report ID: 521700

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN FORKLIFT OVERTURNED ONTO HIM

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DRIVING A FORK LIFT TRUCK IN REVERSE AT HIGH SPEED. THE TRUCK OV ERTURNED ONTO HIM, CRUSHING HIM TO DEATH.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 23 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
2

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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