Accident: 951202 - Killed When Crushed Between Forklift And Lumber

At 10:45 a.m. on October 15, 1997, Employee #1 had just finished stacking boards on a metal frame at the west end of the dry chain line. While he was straightening the spacing sticks, a forklift operator accidentally hit the accelerator pedal as he was mounting the lift. The vehicle launched forward, crushing Employee #1 against the stack of lumber. He was killed. The forklift operator had failed to set the hand brake and the controls when he had dismounted.

industrial truck, vehicle in gear, caught between, hand brake, unmanned, work rules, crushed, lumber stack, mech mat handling, lost control

Accident: 201760402 - Injured Between Forklift And Bin, Later Dies

At approximately 7:00 p.m. on September 19, 1997, Employee #1 was using a forklift to dump refuse into a stationary compactor. He got down from the forklift, which he left operating in neutral gear and without setting the hand brake, and stood between the dumpster on the forks and the hopper of the compactor. The vibration of the running engine caused the forklift to slowly move forward, and Employee #1 became trapped at the waist between the dumpster and the hopper. A coworker heard him scream and rescued him. Employee #1 was transported by taxi to a medical center. There, he contracted a bacterial infection that resulted in renal failure. While undergoing surgery, it was discovered that he had suffered colon damage. At 9:06 a.m. on October 8, 1997, he died of respiratory failure followed by heart failure.

industrial truck, ind trk operator, caught between, infectious disease, hand brake, mech mat handling, vehicle in gear, work rules, vibrations

Accident: 201050671 - Finger Amputated In Conveyor

Employee #1, who worked at a warehousing and distribution facility belonging to a large grocery chain, was tucking in loose plastic that was hanging off a pallet. The pallet was on a moving electrically-powered conveyor system, and Employee #1 was standing near a section where five gridded 4 in. wide steel plates had been installed between 2 1/2 in. diameter rollers, to provide foot access to other parts of the loop. After securing the plastic, Employee #1 was turning to his left to exit when he and lost his balance. In an effort to steady himself, he placed his left hand on the conveyor. His little finger was amputated to the first joint when it was pulled in and became caught between a steel plate and a moving roller. The cause of the accident was failure to guard the in-running nip point between the walkway plates and the rollers.

conveyor, roller--mach/part, warehouse, lost balance, hand brake, caught between, steel plate, finger, amputated, unguarded

Accident: 170167647 - Injured When Pinned Between Rail Car And Forklift

Employee #1 was setting the hand brake on a rail car. The forklift, which was on the tracks with its forks raised, could not hold the rail cars on the slight incline. The rail cars rolled into the forklift truck, pinning Employee #1. He sustained injuries that required hospitalization

railroad car, industrial truck, pinned, unsecured, hand brake, slope

Accident: 170081202 - Dies When Caught Between Rail Car & Shop Side Door

Employee(s) were attempting to switch rail cars inside a repair shop. The coupling was ineffective because the hand brake had not been set on the second rail car. Employee #1 jumped on the rail car to set the hand brake. When he realized his effort had failed and the rail car was about to go through the shop doors, he jumped off behind an open side door. The rail car ran into the shop door and knocked it against the employee. Employee #1 was caught between the door and the shop building and died.

caught between, railroad car, building, unmanned, hand brake, door, unsecured