OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14568794
FORT HILL LUMBER COMPANY
WILLAMINA, OR—
Event description
STRUCK BY FORK LIFT TRUCK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS EMPLOYED AS A MECHANIC FOR THE FORT HILL LUMBER COMPANY OF WILLA ITS OPERATOR, HAS YET BEEN INDENTIFIED. MINA, OREGON. THE SPECIFIC WORK PROCESSES AT THE MILL INCLUDED SAWING, PLANING, STACKING, LOADING AND SHIPPING DIMENSION LUMBER AND TIMBERS. THE ENTIRE PROCESS WAS IN OPERATION AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS LAST SEEN, BY THE MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT, AT APPROXIMATELY 5:05 PM ON MAY 30, 1984, WORKING ON A FORK LIFT TRUCK IN THE MAINTENANCE SHOP. AT APPROXIMATELY 5:15 PM, HE WAS FOU ND LYING ON THE PAVEMENT ABOUT 20 FEET FROM THE MAINTENANCE SHOP. HE APPARENTLY HAD BEEN STRUCK BY A VEHICLE. HE SUSTAINED A MASSIVE HEAD INJURY, WHICH WAS IN T HE SHAPE OF A LIFT TRUCK FORK. NEITHER THE VEHICLE WHICH STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1, NOR
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 64 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 503
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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