Foreman Killed After a Forklift Falls From A Loading Dock

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• Corporate Authors:
  New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE) ; New Jersey. Department of Health and Senior Services. Occupational Health Service
• Description:
  On December 14, 1994, a 58-year-old male textile plant foreman was killed when his forklift truck was struck by a second forklift falling off a loading dock. The incident occurred as the victim and a co-worker were transferring pipes from a forklift located at ground level to a second forklift on the edge of the loading dock. The workers had completed loading the second forklift and were raising the load when the lift's front wheels slipped off the edge of the dock. The forklift fell off the dock, striking the first forklift at ground level and turning it over. The victim, who was operating the first lift, was crushed under the roll cage as it turned over. NJDOH FACE investigators recommend the following safety guidelines to prevent similar incidents in the future: 1. Employers should ensure that employees are properly trained and equipped in the proper method of moving materials. 2. Employers should develop and implement a written training and certification program for operating forklift trucks. 3. Employers should conduct a job hazard analysis of all work activities with the participation of the workers. 4. Employers and employees should develop and implement a comprehensive safety program. 5. Forklift operators should be instructed to wear safety belts.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Hazards Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 2 Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment Safety-belts Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-programs Training Traumatic-injuries Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Prevention through Design (PtD)
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE94NJ152
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  7 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026601
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2013-100015
• 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 94NJ152, 1995 Jun ; :1-6
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Performing Organization:
  New Jersey Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  31-33 - Manufacturing - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2005/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:84e2fe41042cf643fead7ebae447d07decee009d2aec7e338e3a51efee8b91281c45b76f3ad3045190c99e549634a1a57678fa9adb85902e0d4e5c85e24b0bd6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170067/cdc_170067_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 22.41 KB ]