OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14340160
CLEVELAND RICE MILL, INC.
CLEVELAND, MS—
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN FORKLIFT AND STRUCTURAL SUPPORT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 DROVE A FORK LIFT TO THE FRONT OF AN OPEN STEEL STRUCTURE AND LEFT T E DIED. HE ENGINE RUNNING. A CO-WORKER ELEVATED THE FORKS, WITH EMPLOYEE #1 ON THEM, TO A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 4 FEET. HE THEN CLIMBED UP TO ASSIST WITH THE REINFORCMENT OF A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON, 2 1/2 BY 2 1/2 BY 1/4 INCHES, WITH SMALLER ANGLE IRON. TH E CO-WORKER WAS ASKED TO GET DOWN AND REPAIR A LEAKING CUTTING TORCH HOSE. WHILE GETTING DOWN, OR WHILE AWAY FROM THE LIFT (WITNESS STATEMENTS VARY), THE LIFT S TARTED MOVING SLOWLY FORWARD. THE FORKLIFT SUDDENLY LUNGED FORWARD, PINNING EMPL OYEE #1 BETWEEN THE LIFT'S MAST AND THE LARGER ANGLE IRON, WHICH WAS FASTENED HO RIZONTALLY ACROSS THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE. EMPLOYEE #1'S CHEST WAS CRUSHED. H
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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