OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221577893
MIGUEL GONZALEZ
FORT WORTH, TX—
Event description
One employee is killed, another incurs multiple fractures in
Investigation abstract
At 7:48 p.m. on July 5, 2023, two employees were riding in a trash box being lifted by a forklift to the roof. The forklift tipped forward; the back wheels came off the ground and, when the back wheels slammed back down on to the ground, the box the employees were riding in was jolted, ejecting the passengers. The employees fell 20 feet to the ground. One employee was killed. Another employee suffered multiple fractures and was hospitalized for treatment.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 869
- Fall distance
- 16
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