Fatality Narrative: Operator Killed When Construction Forklift Rolls Over

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  On May 14, 2004, a heavy equipment operator was killed when the construction forklift he was operating overturned. The 51-year-old victim was employed by a general contractor and was working at a jobsite where a slope near a highway was being reinforced. The victim was driving a Caterpillar Telehandler along a dirt road that switch-backed across a hillside in order to move pallets of bagged dry concrete to another part of the worksite. During one of his trips the left side tires of the forklift ran up onto the uphill side of a dirt bank, causing the forklift to overturn. He was not wearing a seatbelt and he was ejected from the forklift. The forklift rolled over on the victim and then rolled several additional times before coming to rest 70 ft. below. The forklift was equipped with a roll-over protection system (ROPS) and falling object protection system (FOPS). Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Construction Industry
  • Construction Materials
  • Education
  • Mortality
  • Occupational Health
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Safety
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Workers
  • Work environment
  • Road construction
  • Construction
  • Construction equipment
  • Construction materials
  • Construction workers
  • Equipment operators
  • Equipment operation
  • Equipment reliability
  More +
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• 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:20051854
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 71-32-2005, 2005 Feb; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatality narrative: operator killed when construction forklift rolls over
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228841/cdc_228841_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 35.80 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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