![]() As he dismounted, he failed to set the parking brake. He dismounted from the right side of the forklift, closest to the north wall of the dumpster, and tripped the dump handle of the hopper. The victim positioned the load above the north side of the dumpster. The hopper was filled with scrap shingles. A metal dump hopper, equipped with a manual dump release handle, was attached to the forks of the forklift. The victim was utilizing a forklift rated at 4500 pounds. STRUCK BY FORKLIFT: The victim was assigned as the scrap dumpster forklift operator and was in route to a dumpster located in the remote southeast section of the outside material storage area.The employee attempted to jump clear of the forklift, but was struck and killed as the forklift fell. Traveling down an incline, the employee attempted to make a left turn into a parking lot, struck a pothole in the road, and the forklift began to tip over to the right. The employee picked up the forklift located on the premises less than one half mile from where the accident occurred. STRUCK BY FORKLIFT: The employee was given instructions to take the forklift to unload a truck.The forklift fell back onto the forklift driver, striking his head, and apparently breaking his neck. CRUSHED BY FORKLIFT: Victim was driving a stand up forklift into a tractor trailer to start unloading when the truck driver pulled away from the dock.The operator left the forklift unattended while the employee was on the pallet pouring spice into a mixing tank. Prior to the accident, employee #1 was raised approximately 6 feet high by the forklift operator while the employee was standing on a pallet that was not secured to the frame of the forklift. FALL FROM PLATFORM ON FORKLIFT: The victim (employee #1) was found pinned between the mast and the frame of the forklift. ![]() No seat belt was installed and when employee fell from the seat he was crushed by the rollover bar. ![]() FORKLIFT TIPOVER: While an employee was operating a forklift, the forklift tipped over while the operator was apparently making a sharp turn at excessive speed.He struck and crushed employee #1 beneath the load. The forklift truck continued forward and apparently the load (which was approximately 11 inches higher than the steering wheel) obstructed the driver's forward view. A forklift truck, with a squeeze attachment carrying two rolls of paper, was traveling in the same direction as employee #1. EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY FORKLIFT: Employee #1, a clerk assigned to the marine terminal, was walking on the wharf alongside a container top lift machine.Summaries of Selected Forklift Fatalities Investigated by OSHA
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