OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #976035
UNKNOWN CONTRACTOR
NEW CASTLE, IN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY FORKLIFT TRUCK
Investigation abstract
At 2:05 a.m. on March 7, 1989, Employee #1 was cleaning up the area between the ed for shock and released the same day. Sufficient safe clearance was not provid ed where trucks as wide as 74 inches were used. Edge Guide hydraulic unit and the Reliance unit located adjacent and west of the 76 inch wide east aisle, while Employee #2 was traveling south on the east aisl e, operating the Silent Hoist Ram propane forklift truck number 2, Serial number 19344, with a capacity of 55,000 pounds, when the truck struck Employee #1 with out Employee #2's knowledge, dragging Employee #1 approximately 37.5 feet. Emplo yee #2 then felt a bump, got off the truck and found Employee #1 under the truck by the rear right wheel. Employee #1 was pronounced dead at 2:15 a.m. on March 7, 1989, from crushing injuries. Employee #2 was taken to the hospital and treat
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 58 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- MULTIPLE (19)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQ. (27)
- Occupation
- Laborers, except construction (889)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- WORK-SURFACE/FACIL-LAYOUT COND (13)
- Task assigned
- Task not regularly assigned (2)
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 Female
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- NERVE SYST (29)
- Accident type
- SHOCK (13)
- Source of injury
- OTHER (43)
- Occupation
- Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators (856)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Task assigned
- Task not regularly assigned (2)
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.