OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #967018
DARROW FRAMING, INC.
CORONA, CA·
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 Male
- Nature of injury
- Fracture (12)
- Part of body
- NECK (20)
- Accident type
- FALL(FROM ELEVATION) (5)
- Source of injury
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQ. (27)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MATER-HANDLG PROCED. INAPPROPR (11)
- Environmental factor
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQUIP./METHOD (8)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.