OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #764563
ALTA-DENA DAIRY
CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA·
Event description
Employee killed when forklift overturns
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, an order puller for Alta Dena Dairy, was reported by management to e rear vertical roller was across his midsection and his legs were pinned down b y the forklift body. He suffered abdominal and other injuries and was killed. Ac cording to Alta Dena management, Employee #1 was authorized to operate a forklif t if required for a particular job or by management permission. have taken a 5,000 lb Johnson forklift without management's knowledge, or permis sion. According to management, the employee took the lift to replenish supplies that he thought were diminished. For unknown reasons, Employee #1 never complete d restocking the supplies, but instead appeared to be returning to his duty stat ion. He was driving on wet asphalt when he attempted to negotiate a left turn on a slight decline, about 30 yards from the Alta Dena entrance checkpoint. The re ar bottom of the left fork apparently came in contact with the asphalt and the f orklift turned over on its right side, pinning the employee's body face down. Th
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 888
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 2
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