Accident: 801217 - Killed When Struck And Dragged By Forklift Truck

Employee #1 asked another crew leader about the location of a jack and, after finishing the conversation, began to walk back across an aisleway. A coworker driving an Ottawa yard truck pulling a 12 ft wide load struck him from behind. Employee #1 was dragged between 60 and 70 ft by the strap on his coveralls, which caught on the tie rod of the truck. He died instantly of a broken neck.

inattention, struck by, motor vehicle, caught by, clothing, neck, fracture, industrial truck, noise, dragged

Accident: 170002034 - Fingers And Thumb Amputated In Meat Mixer

Employee #1, a 19-year-old meat grinder's helper, was emptying meat from the grinder/mixer into bins. The meat was fed into the grinder at the top and, once ground, went into the mixer. The mixer housed two augers that rotated clockwise at 3 rpm along an inside groove 1 1/4 in. from the outside lip of the chute from which spices could be added. Part of Employee #1's normal duties was to prevent meat from spilling onto the floor as it was dumped through the 44 in. wide mixer doors into the two bins, each 30 in. high by 28 in. square at the mouth. Employee #1 was using one hand to span the width of the upper part of either side of the door to guide the meat into the two bins. For some reason, Employee #1 turned his head away while his right arm was raised. When he pulled his arm away from the mixer, he discovered that all his fingers and his thumb had been amputated. He called for help to the lead grinder, who was approximately 18 ft away. The mixer was not guarded, and normal procedure called for one of the augers to be shut off while the other rotated the meat from that side of the mixer into one of the bins.

meat blending mach, mixer, inattention, unguarded, work rules, amputated, finger, thumb

Accident: 898734 - Killed When Caught Between Elevator And Shaft

On August 30, 2000, Employee #1 was in the elevator lobby on the tenth floor of a local government office building, awaiting an elevator at the end of her work shift. She and a coworker were standing next to elevator #6 when the doors opened and two people stepped out of the darken spacer. Employee #1 apparently was not looking at the elevator when it arrived and, when she turned to go inside, the elevator had already started down. She fell into the elevator shaft on top of the elevator, and the doors immediately closed. Employee #1 became partially wedged in a 6 in. space between the top of the elevator and the front of the elevator shaft . She was killed. When the elevator doors were open, the top of the elevator was approximately 38 in. below the 10th floor. The elevator safety devices were not functioning properly because the car was not supposed to move from the landing with the doors open. Employee #1 was not engaged in the operations leading to this accident.

elevator, elevator shaft, caught between, mech malfunction, door, inattention, fall

Accident: 14222665 - Killed In Fall Off Roof

At approximately 10:40 a.m. on August 28, 2000, Employee #1, age 19, was working on an approximately 92 ft high roof. He was marking the area where the walking pad was to be installed on the finished roof when he walked sideways off the roof. Employee #1 was killed. Warning lines were not being used; a safety monitor was allegedly in place, but had been distracted.

construction, roof, warning line, inattention, fall protection, fall, work rules, signalman, perimeter guarding

Accident: 170205140 - Flagman's Leg Injured When Run Over By Forklift

At approximately 2:00 p.m. on August 22, 2000, Employee #1, a laborer, was working as a flagman, controlling traffic and placing cones for pedestrians and cars. The owner of the company, who was operating a Gradeall forklift, model 544D, put it into reverse, and Employee #1 moved the orange cones out of the way of the machine. As the owner again moved forward, Employee #1 brought the cones forward to their original location. The Gradeall has hydraulically power steering, with the rear wheels steering a 90-degree pirouette around either front tire; the outside turning radius is less than chassis length. As the forklift went forward and Employee #1 was placing the cones, the rear wheel of the vehicle struck his right leg and rolled over it, stopping while his leg was partially under the wheel. Coworkers placed some lumber under the wheel and backed up he machine to free Employee #1's leg. No accident-related violations were found.

construction, run over, clearance, inattention, industrial truck, flagman, leg

Accident: 170007322 - Killed In Fall Down Riser Steps

Employee #1 was returning from a coffee break and walked up a four-riser, steel-grated stairway leading to a large concrete loading dock. When he reached the top step, he stopped to rest and joked with two coworkers in the area. The coworkers then entered the building, leaving Employee #1 standing at the top of the stairs. They had just reached the first doorway, approximately 200 ft from the main entrance, when they heard someone yell to call 911. The workers ran back to see Employee #1 lying flat on his back at the bottom of the stairs. He was killed.

fall, stair, inattention, elderly