OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #762625
IND TRK OPERATOR,WORK RULES,ROPS,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,OVERTURN
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by forklift in overturn
Investigation abstract
At approximately 3:45 p.m. on November 8, 1988, Employee #1 was using a lift tru ck to move various pallets of material. At approximately 3:50 p.m., he entered t he basement of the door shop building. The forklift's mast struck an overhead be am and the forklift overturned. Employee #1 was killed when he was crushed betwe en the roll cage and the concrete floor.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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