OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #975771
HEAD,UNSECURED,STRUCK AGAINST,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,TRUCK,FALL,BACKING UP
Event description
Employee dies of head injury in fall from forklift
Investigation abstract
At approximately 12:03 p.m. on June 9, 1989, Employee #1 was backing out of a co mpany-owned 1977 International panel truck, Loadstar 1800, serial #00532GCA26556 , on a Clark electric forklift #6, serial #E355-939-0415FA. Employee #1 had just finished leaving a skid of garbage in the panel truck. The panel truck rolled a way from the dock and, as Employee #1 backed out, he and the fork lift fell to t he ground. Employee #1's head fell against the edge of the dockplate, which was resting perpendicular to the ground against the dock, and split in half. Employe e #1 died instantly.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 67 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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