OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #735209
ACADEMY CONTRACTORS INC
Belleville, NJ—
Event description
FORK LIFT OVERTURNED, CRUSHING OPERATOR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A NAMCO ELECTRIC FORK LIFT. HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF C LEANING THE YARD, WHICH INVOLVES MOVING DRUMS AND PALLETS. THERE WAS A 3 1/2 INC H DEEP DEPRESSION IN THE ASPHALT PAVEMENT, CAUSED BY HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC. EMPLOY EE #1 ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN IN ORDER TO PICK UP SOME EMPTY PALLETS. THE WHEELS OF THE FORK LIFT HIT THE DEPRESSED AREA, CAUSING IT TO TURN OVER. EM PLOYEE #1 WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE OVERHEAD GUARD AND THE PAVEMENT. THE FORK LIFT WAS A STAND-UP, THREE WHEEL ELECTRIC TRUCK (S/N 773128E). EMPLOYEE #1'S HEAD WAS CRUSHED, KILLING HIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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