OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14444426
DIXON LUMBER CO
GALAX, VA—
Event description
Employee crushed and killed by forklift load
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was lifting three bales of hardwood flooring from a stack of six tie #1 confirmed that they had been instructed to use the 7000 lb Clark lift truck and lift no more than two bales at once. These interview statements are a part o f this case file. rs. The top bale of hardwood flooring, which extended over the load backrest, wa s 33 in. high by 10 ft long, and weighed 2,800 lb. When Employee #1 tilted the l oad back, the top bail fell into the overhead guard, which bent and broke. Emplo yee #1 was crushed and killed. According to the vice president and general manag er, Employee #1 had for some reason selected a lift truck not normally used in t he warehouse to lift hardwood flooring. The vice president reported that the lif t truck operators had been instructed and trained to lift only one or two bales of hardwood at a time. Two employees who worked in the warehouse before Employee
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 56
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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