A youth dies when a forklift rolls over on him

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• Personal Author:
  Cierpich, Hank ; Harrison, Robert ; Styles, Laura
• Corporate Authors:
  California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE) ; California. Department of Health Services. Occupational Health Branch
• Description:
  A 17-year-old Hispanic male died when he was crushed by a forklift that rolled over on him. The victim had been employed with the company for only one hour and had not yet received safety training. The victim was attempting to retrieve some bales of hay for a customer when the incident occurred. The company kept the forklift keys in the ignition of the forklift during normal business hours. The CA/FACE investigator determined that, in order to prevent future occurrences, employers, as part of their Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP), should: 1. Ensure employees under the age of 18 do not operate power-driven machinery. To accomplish this, employers should: 2. Establish a system to control access to power-driven machinery. 3. Identify and label equipment that is not to be operated by workers less than 18 years old. 4. Ensure that employee orientation and safety training is given to employees before they begin work.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Age Factors Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Age-factors Equipment-design Equipment-operators Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 9 Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Training Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Hispanic ; Machine (All) ; Machine - General ; Youth
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE04CA007
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  5 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027343
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2005-109926
• 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 04CA007, 2005 Jan ; :1-5
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Performing Organization:
  California Department of Health Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  44-45 - Retail Trade - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:900700608b0e4152d45e0d8d717df4f61f460a7e5a55293348a0448b733615df6caf6195245c67a33993cc4040458f0a8bad9a3d7afae10e4fdabe37c1f37211
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/168917/cdc_168917_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 172.67 KB ]