OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #943217
HEAD,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,PIPE,STRUCK BY
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY OBJECT FALLING OFF LIFT TRUCK FORKS
Investigation abstract
A fork-lift operator left the operator's seat and walked to the front of the for k-lift. The load of three large ductile iron pipes on the raised forks was unsta ble and the front pipe fell on the employee. The employee may have brushed the e nd of the pipe dislodging it. The 865 pound pipe crushed the employee's left sho ulder and skull which resulted in massive head trauma killing the employee.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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