True Stories: Load Shift Cost His Life

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• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  It was an incident that should not have happened. But it did, and a 39-year-old husband did not come home that night. He was a truck driver who was delivering a load of plastic pipe to a construction site. While the forklift driver was unloading the pipes, the truck driver walked around to the other side of the trailer to roll up his straps. When the forklift driver tried to get the forks under the pipes, the load shifted, knocking the pipes off the other side of the trailer, instantly killing the truck driver. Tips to live by: Stay away from your trailer when a forklift is loading or unloading freight. If you must direct loading or unloading, have a plan with the forklift driver and a safe area to stand. Wait until the forklift stops, get the driver's attention, then walk up. Take advantage of designated safe work areas or break rooms. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Automobiles Education Men Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management Staff Development Women Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Drivers Exposure-levels Hazards Humans Injuries Injury-prevention Personal-protection Risk-factors Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-practices Training Trucking Work-environment Workers

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• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Publisher:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20044678
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 90-93-2012, 2012 May; :1
• Contact Point Address:
  SHARP Program, Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, PO Box 44330, Olympia, WA 98504-4330
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  True stories: load shift cost his life
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228690/cdc_228690_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 156.87 KB ]