OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #775460
BUFORD WHITE BUILDING MATERIALS CENTER, INC.
SHAWNEE, OK·
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 Male
- Nature of injury
- Concussion (6)
- Part of body
- HEAD (13)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQ. (27)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQUIP./METHOD (8)
- Task assigned
- Task not regularly assigned (2)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.