OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #775460
HEAD,IND TRK OPERATOR,SPEEDING,WORK RULES,ROPS,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,SHARP TURN,STRUCK BY,OVERTURN
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY ROLLOVER PROTECTION IN OVERTURN
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 5:30 PM, ON JUNE 12, 1989, EMPLOYEE #1 BOARDED A BAKER LIFT UNI HE HEAD WITH THE ROLLOVER PROTECTION. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DEAD ON THE SCENE WITH MAS SIVE HEAD INJURIES. T 91, MODEL B-50-PD, SERIAL # 331506010325, TO ASSIST ANOTHER WORKER IN UNLOADIN G MATERIAL FROM A COMPANY TRUCK. EMPLOYEE #1 SPOKE BRIEFLY WITH THE TRUCK DRIVER THEN THEY BOTH HEADED FOR SHED #6 IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE LUMBER YARD WH ERE THE MATERIAL WAS TO BE STORED. ALTHOUGH THE TRUCK DRIVER DID NOT SEE THE ACC IDENT, HE OBSERVED EMPLOYEE #1 TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, 15 MILES PER H OUR. WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 REACHED THE FAR SOUTH CORNER OF SHED #6, HE ATTEMPTED TO M AKE A SHARP U-TURN BACK IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION, AS EVIDENCED BY TRACK MARKS IN THE GRAVEL. IN MAKING THE TURN, THE LIFT TURNED OVER, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 IN T
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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