Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14391312 - EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN KNOCKED AGAINST GUARDRAIL BY LIFT LOAD

Accident Summary Nr: 14391312 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 01/17/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100829852	01/20/1988	3624	0	Lake Charles Carbon Co.

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 3:30 PM ON JANUARY 17, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1, A FORKLIFT OPERATOR, WAS TRYING TO MOVE A PALLET FULL OF BUNDLED SKIDS. THE LOAD WEIGHED ABOUT 2,600 POUNDS. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING AN 8,000 POUND CAPACITY HYSTER FORKLIFT, SERIAL NUMBER C004DC3452Y. HE INTENDED TO PLACE THE PALLET ON A PALLET STAND IN THE BAKED ANODE STORAGE STRAPPING AREA. THE PALLET STAND WAS 37 INCHES OFF THE FLOOR AND HAD LOOSE SKIDS SITTING ON TOP OF IT. HE ATTEMPTED SEVERAL TIMES, UNSUCCESSFULLY, TO PLACE THE LOAD. THE MORE ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO PLACE THE LOAD, THE MORE OFF CENTER THE LOAD SHIFTED. THE LOAD SHIFTED TO THE POINT OF ALMOST TIPPING OVER. ANOTHER FORKLIFT OPERATOR WHO HAD BEEN OBSERVING THE OPERATION ASKED EMPLOYEE #1 IF HE COULD ASSIST. EMPLOYEE #1 GOT OFF THE FORKLIFT AND TRIED TO BRACE THE LOAD WITH HIS HANDS OVER HIS SHOULDERS PUSHING AGAINST THE LOAD. THE ASSISTING OPERATOR MOVED THE CONTROLS OF THE FORKLIFT. AS SOON AS THE FORKS WERE RAISED, THE LOAD TIPPED OVER ONTO EMPLOYEE #1. HE FELL BACKWARD AND WAS KILLED WHEN HIS HEAD STRUCK AGAINST A GUARDRAIL.

Keywords: HEAD, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, LOAD SHIFT, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, PALLET, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100829852			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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