Massachusetts Youth Killed While Operating Forklift at Seafood Processing Facility

doi:10.26616/NIOSHSFACE00MA058

Advanced Search

Select up to three search categories and corresponding keywords using the fields to the right. Refer to the Help section for more detailed instructions.

Search our Collections & Repository

Advanced Search
Custom Query

All these words:

For very narrow results

This exact word or phrase:

When looking for a specific result

Any of these words:

Best used for discovery & interchangable words

None of these words:

Recommended to be used in conjunction with other fields

Language:

Dates

Publication Date Range:

to

Document Data

Title:

Document Type:

Library

Collection:

Series:

People

Author:

Clear All

Query Builder

Query box

Clear All

For additional assistance using the Custom Query please check out our Help Page

i

Massachusetts Youth Killed While Operating Forklift at Seafood Processing Facility

2001/05/20
By Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE) ...
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

[PDF-182.28 KB]

English

Details You May Also Like

Details:

Corporate Authors:

Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE) ; Massachusetts. Department of Public Health

Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE) ; Massachusetts. Department of Public Health Less -
Description:

On October 20, 2000, a 16-year-old male part-time cleaning helper (the victim) was fatally injured when the forklift he was operating at a seafood processing/retail facility overturned pinning him, and crushing his chest. The victim was operating the forklift to move a wooden pallet loaded with trash. The load was raised approximately 4 1/2 feet when the victim made a right-hand turn causing the forklift to overturn. The victim either jumped or was thrown from the forklift operator's seat. When the forklift overturned, the falling object protective structure (FOPS) of the forklift landed on his chest. A call was placed for emergency assistance as the owner, manager, and a witness assisted the victim. Emergency assistance arrived within minutes and transported the victim to a hospital where he died early the next morning from his injuries. The Massachusetts FACE program concluded that to prevent similar occurrences in the future, employers should: 1. Comply with federal and state child labor laws which prohibit youth less than 18 years old from operating forklifts. 2. Train all forklift operators in safe operating procedures. 3. Provide adequate supervision for young workers, new employees and any inexperienced workers. 4. Develop, implement and enforce a written comprehensive health and safety program In addition, agencies that have contact with small businesses, such as government and insurance agencies should: 5. Increase their efforts to inform businesses about child labor laws.
Content Notes:

Publication Date provided by FACE program; not printed on the report.
Subjects:

[+]

Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

[+]

Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Accidents Age-factors Children Equipment-operators Health-programs Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 1 Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-programs Training Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine General (0015) ; Youth (0017) ; Prevention through Design (PtD) (0025)

All (0000) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine General (0015) ; Youth (0017) ; Prevention through Design (PtD) (0025) Less -
Series:

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

State
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE00MA058
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Cooperative Agreement
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1

Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1 Less -
CIO:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

1-8
NIOSHTIC Number:

20028506
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 00MA058, 2001 May; :1-6
Federal Fiscal Year:

2001
Performing Organization:

Massachusetts Department of Health
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

42 - Wholesale Trade - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

1992/09/30
End Date:

2006/08/31
Resource Number:

FACE-00MA058
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Main Document Checksum:

[+]

urn:sha-512:27e56760d8a4ee21d773d8a7e1a259985415d57c839a9e680875dc1e4e8f6198a9f77440fe0e6a00b34260fc763572734faa903f7f8ada1377ffa2daa39b8020
Download URL:

https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/166590/cdc_166590_DS1.pdf
File Type:

No Additional Files

More +

Massachusetts Youth Killed While Operating Forklift at Seafood Processing Facility

Details:

Supporting Files

You May Also Like