OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #967018
CLEARANCE,FRACTURE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,SKULL,FALL,NECK,STRUCK BY,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee killed in fall
Investigation abstract
A forklift operator was transporting a load of four 10 ft long 4 by 4s between t load, was either struck by it or startled by its proximity. He fell to the groun d, fracturing his skull and neck. He was killed. he frameworks of two houses under construction. The width of the passageway betw een the two houses was 10 ft; the height of the houses along the passageway was 10 ft; and the width of the forklift was 8 ft. Therefore, the operator had to el evate his load to a height greater than 10 ft to ensure adequate clearance. The operator was looking over his shoulder at ground level in the direction of his p ath of travel and was unaware that Employee #1 was working at the 10 ft level on the front edge of the house nearest the passageway. When the forklift reached t he front and was almost clear, Employee #1, who had been unaware of the passing
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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