OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14489488
HELUVA GOOD CHEESE INC.
SODUS, NY—
Event description
CRUSHED BY LARGE FORKLIFT BATTERY
Investigation abstract
ON JUNE 7, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:40 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A HYSTER F ALSO TIP FORWARD. THIS CAUSED THE FORKLIFT BATTERY, WHICH IS LOCATED JUST TO THE REAR OF THE OPERATOR, TO SLIDE FORWARD. THE BATTERY, WHICH WEIGHS 2,500 POUNDS, CRUSHED EMPLOYEE #1 AGAINST THE FRONT OF THE OPERATOR'S STATION. THE HYSTER FOR KLIFT, MODEL E 40BC, IS A STAND-UP OPERATED FORKLIFT TRUCK. ORKLIFT TRUCK (MODEL E 40 BC, SER #B120V2185B) IN A LARGE AGING COOLER LOCATED A T THE HELWA GOOD CHEESE INC. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD JUST MADE A PICK FROM STORAGE RACK 2, ROW "B", (LOCATED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AISLE) AND WAS INTENDING TO PLACE T HE LOAD IN RACK 16, ROW "A". THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THESE TWO LOCATIONS IS ABOUT 4 1 1/2 FEET. THE LOAD OF CHEESE (3,100 POUNDS) HAD BEEN RAISED ABOUT 106 INCHES A BOVE THE FLOOR. AFTER TRAVELLING ABOUT 25 FEET, EMPLOYEE #1 BEGAN TURNING THE FO RKLIFT TO THE RIGHT IN ANTICIPATION OF PLACING HIS LOAD INTO STORAGE. THE CENTER OF GRAVITY OF THE FORKLIFT APPARENTLY SHIFTED FORWARD, CAUSING THE FORKLIFT TO
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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