OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #828574

EJECTED,HEAD,IND TRK OPERATOR,WALL,RAMP,COLLISION,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,OVERTURN

1987-06-15T00:00:00

Event: EJECTED,HEAD,IND TRK OPERATOR,WALL,RAMP,COLLISION,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,OVERTURN
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 828574
Report ID: 751910

Event description

Employee killed when thrown from overturning lift truck

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was driving a lift truck down a ramp. The truck struck a wall and ov erturned, throwing him to the concrete floor. Employee #1 struck his head agains t the floor and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 1 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
6

Source
30

Occupation code
864

Human factor
8

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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