OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14399315
J C PENNEY #9508-3
ARLINGTON, TX—
Event description
CRUSHED WHEN FORKLIFT DROVE OFF RAILROAD CAR.
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LOADING A RAILROAD CAR WITH CRUSHED CARDBOARD BALES. HE WAS WORKING ALONE AND USING A CLARK FORKLIFT (SERIAL NUMBER TW 125-061 3-4535) TO LOAD THE RAILROAD CAR. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD JUST PLACED A BALE AND WAS ABO UT TO EXIT. HE STARTED TO BACK OUT OF THE RAILROAD CAR WHEN THE BOTTOM (BACKSIDE ) OF THE FORKLIFT HIT THE RAISED LIP OF THE DOCK PLATE, DISLODGING IT AND CAUSIN G IT TO FALL TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE #1 CONTINUED TO BACK OFF. THE FORKLIFT WENT OVER THE EDGE OF THE CAR DOOR AND FELL TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CRUSHED B ETWEEN THE FORKLIFT AND A NEARBY BUILDING.
Victim
-
#1 Fatality Age 64 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 3
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.