STRUCK BY FORKLIFT: Operator was driving a forklift forward with a load on the forks which obstructed his view.One man was seriously injured and the other died of his injuries. The load shifted and slipped off the forks, propelling the two men off the load. The men were standing on the load as it was lifted about 23 feet in the air, above packed dirt. The load was being lifted additionally with the aid of a crane. FALL FROM FORKS: Two employees were riding the load which was tied onto the forks of a forklift.
When the operator raised his forks he not only picked up his intended load, but caused the adjacent stack of crates to topple onto the nearby longshoreman. The forks extended some l0 inches under the base of an adjacent stack of three crates which was some 31 inches wide. The forklift operator did not realize he was dealing with a more narrow cargo which allowed his forks to extend beyond the intended cargo's base. The width of the crates had changed from previous loads to more narrow gauge. The forklift intended to pick up a stack of three crates. This cargo had just been off-loaded from a ship and was on the dock awaiting transfer by forklift to an adjacent warehouse. STRUCK BY LOAD TOPPLING FROM FORKLIFT: A longshoreman was crushed when he was struck by a toppling load of fiber-board.The primary cause of the accident was that the employee failed to set the parking brake prior to dismounting the powered forklift.
As the load suddenly dropped, apparently the forklift jerked, causing the transmission, low on fluid, to slip into drive, and the right rear side of the forklift to travel toward the dumpster, pinning the victim against north wall of the dumpster. 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.
MUSCLE SHOALS FORKLIFT ACCIDENT MANUAL
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.
MUSCLE SHOALS FORKLIFT ACCIDENT DRIVER
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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