Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 14261929 - Crushed By Overturning Forklift

**Accident: 14261929 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 04/12/1984**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
14807424	04/13/1984	4952	Louisville-Jefferson Co Msd

EMPLOYEE #1 LOST CONTROL OF AN EMPTY FORKLIFT WHILE HE WAS DESCENDING AN INCLINED ROADWAY BETWEEN TWO BUILDINGS. HE WAS TRAVELLING WITH THE FORKS IN THE FORWARD POSITION. THE BAKER MODEL 185 FORKLIFT OVERTURNED, PINNING EMPLOYEE #1 BETWEEN THE ROADWAY SURFACE AND THE OVERHEAD CAGE PROTECTION WHICH WAS MOUNTED ON THE FORKLIFT. NO SEATBELTS WERE INSTALLED. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS UNTRAINED IN FORKLIFT OPERATIONS, WAS PERFORMING DUTIES RARELY ASSIGNED TO HIM. A SLIGHT DEPRESSION IN THE ROADWAY MAY HAVE BEEN A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

Keywords: overhead protection, crushed, industrial truck, lost control, untrained, overturn

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	14807424			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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