OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #767665
LOADING,IND TRK OPERATOR,RAMP,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,PALLET,TRAILER,LOADING DOCK,COMMUNICATION,OVERTURN
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by overturned forklift
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker were loading a flatbed trailer. The coworker signaled the trailer driver that the loading was completed. The trailer driver drove off the loading dock, pulling Employee #1 down the dock ramp with the forks to his forklift stuck inside a pallet on the trailer. The forklift overturned, crushing and killing Employee #1.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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