OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #732081
AMERICAN SHEET EXTRUSION CORP.
EVANSVILLE, IN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN FORKLIFT OVERTURNED ONTO HIM
Investigation abstract
AT 7:45 PM ON APRIL 4, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1, A PRODUCTION TECHNICIAN FOR AMERICAN S E FORK LIFT UNDER CONTROL AT ALL TIMES. HEET EXTRUSION CORP., WAS BACKING A FORKLIFT OUT OF A STORAGE AISLE. THE FORKS W ERE RAISED TO ABOUT 74 INCHES ABOVE FLOOR LEVEL. HE TRIED TO MAKE A SHARP TURN W HILE TRAVELLING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND LOST CONTROL OF THE LIFT. THE FORKLI FT OVERTURNED TO THE LEFT, FALLING ONTO EMPLOYEE #1. THE FORKLIFT WAS A HYSTER 3 0 MODEL, PROPERTY #12, SERIAL #B010B4087G. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TAKEN TO DEACONESS HO SPITAL IN EVANSVILLE. INDIANA, WHERE HE DIED AS A RESULT OF HIS INJURIES. THIS A CCIDENT WAS THE RESULT OF FAILING TO TRAIN THE FORKLIFT OPERATORS, FAILURE TO LO WER THE FORKS, FAILURE TO OPERATE AT A SAFE RATE OF SPEED AND FAILURE TO KEEP TH
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 633
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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