OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #825299
VALLEY PROTEINS, INC.
BALTIMORE, MD·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by overturned lift truck
Investigation abstract
At about 11:35 a.m. on June 11, 1987, Employee #1 was driving a forklift down a hill. The lift hit a bump and picked up speed. As Employee #1 tried to avoid str iking a diesel fuel pump, the lift spun around and overturned. He was pinned ben eath it and killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 779
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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