OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14517569

NAVY RESALE SERVICES SUPPORT OFFICE

NAS JACKSONVILLE, FL— 1985-02-12T00:00:00

Event: WORK RULES, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, MECH MAT HANDLING, STORAGE RACK
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #1195338
Employer profile: NAVY RESALE SERVICES SUPPORT OFFICE
Summary number: 14517569
Report ID: 419700

Event description

EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN STORAGE RACK AND ELECTRIC TRUCK

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PLACING PALLETIZED FOOD PRODUCTS INTO THE GROUND LEVEL STORAGE C OMPARTMENTS OF A WAREHOUSE. HE WAS CAUGHT AND CRUSHED BETWEEN THE LOWER STORAGE RACK RAIL AND THE PRIME-MOVER ELECTRIC TRUCK. THE ELECTRIC TRUCK WAS DESIGNED FO R PICKING AND PLACING, BUT WAS INSTEAD BEING USED FOR SLOTTING. SLOTTING OPERATI ONS PLACE THE OPERATOR IN A VERY HAZARDOUS POSITION.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 47 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
1

Event type
2

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
4

Hazardous substance
8880

Task assigned
1

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