OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14493670
SWEETWATER REPORTER
SWEETWATER, TX—
Event description
CRUSHED BY INDUSTRIAL TRUCK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE SOME PALLETS OF OLD NEWSPAPER WITH AN INDUSTR IAL TRUCK. THE EMPLOYEE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. IT ROLLED DOWN A SEVEN DEGR EE RAMP AND OFF TO THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE WAS THROWN OFF THE FORKLIFT. THE BOO M LANDED ON TOP OF THE EMPLOYEE, CRUSHING HIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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