NIOSH Alert: Preventing Injuries and Deaths of Workers Who Operate or Work Near Forklifts (Superseded)

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• Personal Author:
  Braddee, Richard W. ; Collins, James H.
• Description:
  This document has been superseded and the new version can be found here. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) requests assistance in preventing injuries and deaths of workers who operate or work near forklifts. Most fatalities occur when a worker is crushed by a forklift that has overturned or fallen from a loading dock. NIOSH investigations of forklift-related deaths indicate that many workers and employers (1) may not be aware of the risks of operating or working near forklifts and (2) are not following the procedures set forth in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards, consensus standards, or equipment manufacturer's guidelines. This Alert describes seven incidents resulting in the deaths of seven workers who were either operating or working near forklifts. In each incident, the deaths could have been prevented by using proper safety procedures and equipment and by following the provisions of the OSHA standards. NIOSH requests that editors of trade journals, safety and health officials, industry associations, unions, and employers in all industries bring the recommendations in this Alert to the attention of all workers who are at risk. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Automobiles Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mortality Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Accident-statistics Drivers Equipment-operators Equipment-reliability Forklifts Injury-prevention Loading-docks Machine-operation Manual-controls Materials-handling-equipment Motor-vehicles Overloading Safety-belts Safety-education Standards Storage-facilities Training Traumatic-injuries Warehousing

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• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Alert
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-14
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000211
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2000-103296
• 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, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2000-112, 1999 Dec; :1-14
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209744/cdc_209744_DS1.pdf
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