A 21-year old male warehouseman (victim) died after being crushed between a forklift and the edge of the floor of a railroad boxcar. The victim was attempting to attach a chain to the boxcar door to pull it closed with the forklift. He was standing on the ground between the loading dock and the boxcar. The victim had parked the forklift on or very near the boxcar loading dock without setting the parking brake. As the victim was in the process of attaching the chain, the forklift rolled backward across the dock and fell partially over it with the rear of the forklift pinning the victim against the side of the boxcar. The wheels of the forklift had not been chocked nor had the forks been fully lowered. The victim was not trained nor certified to operate a forklift.


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    Title :

    Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report for California: Warehouseman Dies When Crushed By Forklift


    Publication date :

    1997


    Size :

    7 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English