OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #734590
FRACTURE,OVERHEAD GUARD,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,ABRASION,NECK,OVERTURN,UNSTABLE LOAD,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED UNDER OVERTURNING FORKLIFT TRUCK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A CLARK FORKLIFT TRUCK, MODEL #356-323-360, LP GAS FUE LED, 4000 POUND CAPACITY, UNLOADING PVC PIPE FROM A FLAT BED TRUCK. HE ATTEMPTED TO PICK UP TWO BUNDLES OF PIPE, WEIGHING ABOUT 4,050 POUNDS, AT A HEIGHT OF ABO UT 15 FEET. THE LOAD SUDDENLY SHIFTED TO THE RIGHT, THROWING THE FORKLIFT OFF BA LANCE AND CAUSING IT TO TIP OVER. EMPLOYEE #1 ATTEMPTED TO JUMP CLEAR, BUT WAS S TRUCK BY THE OVERHEAD GUARD AND PINNED UNDER THE FORKLIFT. HE DIED FROM A BROKEN NECK AND MULTIPLE ABRASIONS AND CONTUSIONS.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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