OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14215230
CELANESE FIBERS OPERATION
ROCK HILL, SC—
Event description
CRUSHED BY FORKLIFT-ROLLED OVER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A CLARK FORKLIFT, MOVING PALLETS, WITH BOXES OF EMPTY TEXTILE BOBBINS STANDING 2' HIGH, FROM AN OUTSIDE LOCATION TO A STORAGE AREA. EM PLOYEE #1 WAS TRAVELING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. EMPLOYEE #1 TURNED LEFT AFTER SLOWI NG THE FORKLIFT DOWN TO ASCEND TO A LOADING AREA. THE FORKLIFT TURNED OVER ON IT S RIGHT SIDE, TRAPPING EMPLOYEE #1 BETWEEN THE ROPS AND THE PAVEMENT. EMPLOYEE # 1 RECEIVED HEAD AND CHEST INJURIES WHICH RESULTED IN HIS DEATH. THERE WAS NO VEH ICULAR OBSTRUCTION IN THE AREA. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND THE PAVEMENT DRY. THE FORKLIFT APPEARED TO BE OPERATING EFFECTIVELY.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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