Manufacturing Laborer Falls from Elevated Pallet, Succumbs to Injuries

Details

• Personal Author:
  Mosley, Beau
• Corporate Authors:
  Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE) ; University of Kentucky. College of Public Health. Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
• Description:
  On April 8, 2024, a 62-year-old male manufacturing laborer was mixing concrete additive solution when he fell from a pallet elevated on a forklift. The victim succumbed to the injuries sustained in the incident. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS - Key contributing factors identified in this investigation include: Working at heights without fall protection
  
  Improper use of platform on a forklift
  
  Lack of fall safe procedures
  
  and Lack of proper personal protective equipment (PPE). RECOMMENDATIONS - Kentucky investigators concluded that, to help prevent similar occurrences, employers should: 1) Consider utilizing a drum handling device in lieu of working at heights
  
  2) Consider modifying job procedures to prioritize the utilization of two employees when possible
  
  3) Consider implementing an auditing process to ensure compliance with company procedures
  
  and 4) Consider requiring hard hats equipped with chin straps when working at heights.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Mortality Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Fall Protection Falls Fatalities Forklifts Head Protective Equipment Injury Prevention OSHA Region 4 Safety Practices
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Falls ; Other
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE24KY022
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  12 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20070015
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 24KY022, 2024 Jul ; :1-12
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  31-33 - Manufacturing - (NAICS) ; 327390 - Other Concrete Product Manufacturing - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  2005/07/01
• End Date:
  2026/06/30
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8fcd542714d5dc71e237b96fb35f3f0a3d6021670b577764ddf7d8ba43083e3cfb3fb04182403cc1c26eab1d83d31f06374ad0de057e941eb3bf615678303fd2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/164826/cdc_164826_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 950.62 KB ]