OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #801431
BOYLE MACHINERY CO.
SUMTER, SC·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed between forklift and truck
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was sitting on the fender of a forklift while it was going to retrie ve a truck and tow it into the shop. Employee #1 got off the forklift to connect a chain from the forklift to the truck. The forklift operator's foot slipped of f the clutch, causing the forklift to lunge backward and pin Employee #1 against the truck. He suffered broken bones in his right hip and leg and died of compli cations within 24 hours.
Victim
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#2 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 516
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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