An industrial truck operator was crushed when the forklift he was driving down a ramp skidded off a ramp and tipped over and pinned him between the forklift, the ground and a parked car

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• Personal Author:
  Goddard, Keith L. ; Weber, Philip P.
• Corporate Authors:
  Maryland Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (Maryland FACE) ; Maryland. Division of Labor and Industry
• Description:
  On Thursday, January 15, 1998, a 33-year-old male industrial truck operator (the victim) was fatally injured when the forklift he was driving down a ramp, lost traction and skidded off the side of the ramp. He was bringing the forklift out of the building, where it had been stored overnight, into the yard where it was to be used during the day. After the victim started his forklift, he went outside to spread an ice melting compound on the ramp. He then went on to drive the vehicle down the ramp. Approximately halfway down the ramp the back end of the forklift began to skid to the right. The victim attempted to correct the skid. However, before he could straighten it out, the left front wheel struck the left lip of the ramp, and the front end went off the ramp and tipped over to the left. The victim tried to jump free of the forklift, but he jumped in the direction the vehicle was tilting. The forklift's overhead guard struck and pinned the victim to the ground and against an automobile parked nearby. A witness to the incident tried to help but was unable to move the forklift. He ran to the office and called 911. Emergency crews responded within minutes and used air bags to raise the forklift and removed the victim. He was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. The MD/FACE Field Investigator concluded that to prevent similar future occurrences, employers should: 1. Train employees in the proper use of de-icing agents. 2. Train forklift operators in the OSHA proposed guidelines for power equipment operators. 3. Require the use of seat belts when operating forklifts.
• Content Notes:
  Publication Date provided by FACE program
  
  not printed on the report
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Automobiles Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Drivers Equipment-operators Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 3 Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment Protective-equipment Safety-education Safety-practices Traumatic-injuries

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Waste Management and Remediation Services
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE98MD005
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• 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:20026201
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2007-107694
• 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 98MD005, 1998 Jul ; :1-5
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Performing Organization:
  Maryland Division of Labor and Industry
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  56 - Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1993/09/30
• End Date:
  1998/09/29
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1d4f5971b14d74ac386bcfc56d2de749c67f0737db5e11039fbe16300dba05f40d7ee3c0df8cbbf6c37af7fee888f695cd953b2edb7303b4853265de37e1c4f2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170306/cdc_170306_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 24.87 KB ]