OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #733808
ROPS,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,OVERTURN,CHEST,HEART,CRUSHED,UNSTABLE SURFACE
Event description
FORKLIFT OVERTURNED, CRUSHING OPERATOR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DRIVING THE FORKLIFT OFF A SLOPED TRAILER WHEN THE RIGHT REAR TI IDE OF EMPLOYEE #1'S HEAD. RE SLIPPED OFF THE EDGE, CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE CONTROL. THE FORKLIFT CONTINUED DO WN THE SNOW-COVERED TRAILER, WITH THE REAR COUNTER WEIGHTS SLIDING FURTHER OFF T HE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TRAILER. THE FORKLIFT SOON BECAME UNBALANCED AND BEGAN TO F ALL OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TRAILER. AT THAT TIME EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS NOT WEA RING THE FORKLIFT'S SEAT BELT, ATTEMPTED TO JUMP CLEAR OF THE FALLING FORKLIFT. THE ROLLOVER PROTECTIVE STRUCTURE (ROPS) OF THE FORKLIFT STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE CHEST, RUPTURING HIS HEART. THE FORKLIFT THEN BOUNCED APPROXIMATELY ONE FOOT FURTHER AWAY FROM THE TRAILER, THE TOP OF THE ROPS COMING TO REST ON THE LEFT S
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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