OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14348395
CLARKES BLOCK COMPANY
SAVANNAH, GA—
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND RUN OVER BY FORKLIFT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TALKING TO A FORKLIFT OPERATOR WHOSE LIFT WAS OBSTRUCTING THE AI ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT 4:30 PM ON APRIL 15, 1985. SLE TO NORTHBOUND LIFTS. THE OPERATOR OF THE OBSTRUCTING LIFT BACKED HIS MACHINE TO THE WEST. A SECOND FORKLIFT OPERATOR, MOVING NORTH ON A CATERPILLAR LIFT, MO DEL V80C, SERIAL #3151677, WEIGHING 13,050 POUNDS, STRUCK, KNOCKED DOWN, AND RAN OVER THE LEGS OF EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS WALKING NORTH IN THE UNMARKED AISLE. THE FORKLIFT OPERATOR DID NOT SEE EMPLOYEE #1 OR SOUND HIS HORN. HE SLOWED TO A STOP ONLY AFTER SOME SHOUTING EMPLOYEES GOT HIS ATTENTION. THE LIFT OPERATOR WAS CAR RYING A LOAD WHICH OBSTRUCTED HIS FORWARD VISION. IT WAS ALSO NOISY BECAUSE OF 2 MOULDERS WORKING AND TRUCKS OPERATING NEARBY. THE AISLE WAS 22 INCHES WIDE. THE
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 72 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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