Loading dock worker crushed between forklift and flatbed truck -- Iowa.

Johnson, Wayne; Rautiainen, Risto

doi:10.26616/NIOSHSFACE95IA019

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Loading dock worker crushed between forklift and flatbed truck -- Iowa.

1996/01/20
By Johnson, Wayne ; Rautiainen, Risto
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

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Johnson, Wayne ; Rautiainen, Risto

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Iowa Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (Iowa FACE) ; University of Iowa. College of Medicine. Institute for Rural and Environmental Health

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Description:

A 57 year old warehouse worker for a gypsum company was helping to load drywall onto a flatbed truck when a forklift driven by a co-worker suddenly lurched forward pinning him against the truck frame. The victim was standing in a narrow space between the forklift and the flat-bed semi-trailer positioning spacer strips of drywall on the truck bed. The co-worker had a large load of drywall on the forklift and was in process of leveling the load when the forklift went into gear and lurched forward. Normally the parking brake is set whenever the driver leaves the forklift, thus disengaging the transmission and preventing forward or reverse movement of the forklift. The driver had just dismounted the forklift to help the victim, then mounted it again to adjust the load. He must have immediately released the parking brake and had insufficient pressure on the service brake to disengage the transmission. After the accident the driver immediately backed away from the flatbed truck, and the victim fell to the ground. CPR was begun immediately and continued by emergency personnel, but was unsuccessful. The victim was rushed immediately to the hospital, but all efforts to revive him failed. Recommendations following our investigation were as follows: 1. Employers should establish safe loading procedures with powered industrial forklifts in accordance with regulations, 29 CFR 1910.178 (m). 2. Employers should provide adequate training for workers to follow safe practices when operating a forklift. 3. Employees should follow safe working procedures when operating an industrial forklift.
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Publication Date provided by FACE program; not printed on the report.
Subjects:

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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Accidents Equipment-operators Equipment-reliability Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 7 Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Training Traumatic-injuries Warehousing Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine Manufacturing (0012) ; Prevention through Design (PtD) (0025)

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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
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State
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE95IA019
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Cooperative Agreement
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Iowa ; OSHA Region 7

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CIO:

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

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

4 pdf pages
NIOSHTIC Number:

20028234
NTIS Accession Number:

PB2009-106726
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 95IA019, 1996 Jan; :1-4
Federal Fiscal Year:

1996
Performing Organization:

Iowa Department of Public Health
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

31-33 - Manufacturing - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

1992/09/30
End Date:

2006/08/31
Resource Number:

FACE-95IA019
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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