Massachusetts Inventory Control Clerk Dies after Falling from a High Lift Order Picker Truck

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• Corporate Authors:
  Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE) ; Massachusetts. Department of Public Health
• Description:
  On October 29, 1999, a 49-year-old male inventory control clerk (the victim) was fatally injured when he fell approximately 12 feet from a high lift order picker truck platform while applying barcode labels in a warehouse freezer section. The victim fell as he stepped from the raised order picker truck platform onto a stacked box of product in an attempt to reach the next higher shelf. The victim was wearing a body harness and lanyard but had not secured the lanyard to the order picker truck anchor point. The victim was transported to a local hospital then to a hospital in a neighboring state where he was removed from life support four days later and died. The MA FACE Program concluded that to prevent similar occurrences in the future, employers should: 1. Adopt a mandatory tie-off/no unhook policy for employees using order picker trucks. 2. Ensure that aisle ways are maintained free from obstructions that would interfere with lift truck access to storage shelves. 3. Strictly enforce the safety precautions outlined in comprehensive safety programs and constantly review and update the programs and training. In addition, high lift order picker truck manufacturers should: 4. Consider equipping them with devices that will activate audible and visible alarms if the operator unhooks fall protection while the lift is raised.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Equipment-operators Injuries Injury-prevention Machine-guarding OSHA Region 1 Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment Protective-equipment 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

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Falls ; Machine (All) ; Machine - General ; Prevention through Design (PtD)
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE99MA058
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20028496
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2010-115336
• 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 99MA058, 2000 Jun ; :1-6
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Performing Organization:
  Massachusetts Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  42 - Wholesale Trade - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1992/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:73201668fbcc3f3983f6301a1628d1d2472b6f9ba8199ec11899a7d4a9e4e028e4e66eb2c26076f47b091b5e2dcc4a86d53a42493dab84334b76f7914e60e8ac
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/166600/cdc_166600_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 44.89 KB ]