A 67-year old maintenance worker for a feed and seed retail store was killed when he was crushed by a forklift that ran off a loading dock and overturned onto him.

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• Corporate Authors:
  Oklahoma Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (OKFACE) ; Oklahoma. State Department of Health ; Oklahoma. Injury Prevention Service
• Description:
  A 67-year old maintenance worker died on February 28, 2000 from multiple crushing injuries received when he was pinned by a forklift that ran off a loading dock and overturned onto him. The victim was operating the forklift on a low-level loading dock that was not sloped. He dismounted the forklift to remove an empty pallet that was apparently jammed on the forks. He did not take the forklift out of gear, lower the forks, or set the hand brake before getting off it. As he attempted to remove the pallet, the forklift began to move in reverse, and the victim ran after it to try to prevent it from rolling off the dock. As the worker attempted to climb onto the vehicle, the rear left wheel rolled off the dock and the forklift overturned. The worker was crushed beneath the forklift's overhead guard. FACE investigators concluded that to prevent similar occurrences, employers should: 1. Develop and implement a written program that includes policies regarding the use and safe operation of forklifts. 2. Ensure that all employees receive at least some awareness training regarding the hazards of unfamiliar equipment, such as forklifts, and an understanding of the training and authorization requirements for operation of the equipment.
• Content Notes:
  Publication Date provided by FACE program
  
  not printed on the report.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Maintenance Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Dockworkers Equipment-operators Injuries Injury-prevention Maintenance-workers OSHA Region 6 Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-programs Traumatic-injuries Warehousing Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE00OK009
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Oklahoma ; OSHA Region 6
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027753
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2010-114182
• 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 00OK009, 2000 Oct ; :1-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Performing Organization:
  Oklahoma State Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  44-45 - Retail Trade - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1997/07/01
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:02989f4a8b07593bb02285ab963f18649541606438974f2c07bac47979e7b60fb19e807166338a4be7a5835aef497e16856c723c8b6895ea37cfd716f72ec8d0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/167057/cdc_167057_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 252.01 KB ]