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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #972182

IND TRK OPERATOR,WAREHOUSE,PINNED,WORK RULES,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,OVERTURN

Event
IND TRK OPERATOR,WAREHOUSE,PINNED,WORK RULES,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,OVERTURN
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
972182
Report ID
854910

Event description

Employee injured when struck by overturned forklift

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was backing a 2,000 lb Clark forklift out of a warehouse when he hit an overhead door. He attempted to turn the forklift around with the tines eleva ted to straighten the bent door but the empty forklift overturned, pinning him a gainst the asphalt driveway. He was hospitalized. Employee #1 deviated from comp any policy that requires operators to lower the forks before traveling.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 29 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    16
    Event type
    2
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    856
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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