Occupational Health & Safety Administration
Select Stand up Forklift Accident Reports
1984 - 2009
(Click on links to see OSHA Accident Detail Report for each incident.)
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Accident: 200571396
Description: Employee Is Killed When Pinned Against Rack
Degree: Fatality
Event Date: 12/06/2009
Accident: 200571263
Description: Employee Is Killed When Crushed By Forklift
Degree: Fatality
Event Date: 04/10/2008
Accident: 202079042
Description: Employee Fractures Arm When Is Caught Between Truck And Rack
Degree: Hospitalized Injury
Event Date: 10/18/2007
Accident: 201071016
Description: Employee Is Injured When Caught Between Rack And Forklift
Degree: Hospitalized Injury
Event Date: 05/15/2007
Accident: 201636206
Description: Employee Is Killed When Caught Between Forklift And Racks
Degree: Fatality
Event Date: 09/01/2006
Accident: 200880995
Description: Employee Dies After Forklift Accident
Degree: Fatality
Event Date: 06/03/2005
Accident: 201059557
Description: Employee Is Injured When Pinned By Forklift
Degree: Hospitalized Injury
Event Date: 01/19/2005
Accident: 201858255
Description: Employee Is Killed When Crushed Between Forklift And Rack
Degree: Fatality
Event Date: 10/15/2004
Accident: 201041969
Description: Lift Truck Operator Dies After Backed Into Shelving
Degree: Fatality
Event Date: 09/22/2004
Accident: 201159639
Description: Employee Dies After Being Pinned By Forklift
Degree: Fatality
Event Date: 08/02/2004
Accident: 202343448
Description: Operator Of Lift Truck Is Hospitalized After Back Injury
Degree: Hospitalized Injury
Event Date: 07/26/2004
Accident: 201330750
Description: Forklift Truck Operator Is Hospitalized In Forklift Accident
Degree: Hospitalized Injury
Event Date: 07/26/2004
Accident: 201796588
Description: Employee Crushed While Operating Stand Up Industrial Truck
Degree: Hospitalized Injury
Event Date: 10/23/2002
Accident: 200711430
Description: Employee Pinned Between Rack And Fork Truck
Degree: Fatality
Event Date: 08/16/2001
Accident: 170626352
Description: Employee Dies After Forklift Strikes Storage Rack
Degree: Fatality
Event Date: 06/29/2001
Accident: 201341898
Description: Employee Killed When Caught Between Fork Lift And Rack
Degree: Fatality
Event Date: 03/31/2001
Accident: 201320298
Description: Worker Falls From Lift Truck
Degree: Fatality
Event Date: 01/17/2000
Accident: 170707541
Description: Employee Killed When Crushed Between Forklift And Rack
Degree: Fatality
Event Date: 09/10/1997
Accident: 170376594
Description: Employee Injured When Pinned Under Pallet Rack Cross Brace
Degree: Hospitalized Injury
Event Date: 12/17/1994
Accident: 170087324
Description: Employee Killed When Struck In Chest By Crossbar
Degree: Fatality
Event Date: 08/19/1994
Accident: 170714570
Description: Employee Backs Forklift Into Storage Rack And Injures Torso
Degree: Non Hospitalized Injury
Event Date: 05/18/1993
Accident: 14319768
Description: Employee Suffocates Pinned Between Forklift And Storage Rack
Degree: Fatality
Event Date: 05/05/1993
Accident: 170023089
Description: Employee Killed When Crushed Between Forklift And Rack
Degree: Fatality
Event Date: 04/14/1993
Accident: 890335
Description: Employee Crushed And Killed Between Forklift And Shelving
Degree: Fatality
Event Date: 02/25/1993
Accident: 845677
Description: Employee Killed When Crushed Against Storage Rack
Degree: Fatality
Event Date: 02/22/1993
Accident: 845669
Description: Employee Later Dies After Being Crushed Against Storage Rack
Degree: Fatality
Event Date: 01/26/1993
Accident: 170727234
Description: Employee Injured When Pinned By Lift Truck
Degree: Hospitalized Injury
Event Date: 09/23/1992
Accident: 170110100
Description: Employee Dies After Pinned By Fork Truck
Degree: Fatality
Event Date: 09/10/1991
Accident: 170220081
Description: Employee Killed When Crushed While Driving Forklift
Degree: Fatality
Event Date: 08/08/1991
Accident: 14341853
Description: Employee Killed When He Backed Fork Lift Into Storage Rack
Degree: Fatality
Event Date: 03/12/1988
Accident: 14531362
Description: Employee Crushed Between Rack Cross Bar And Forklift
Degree: Fatality
Event Date: 05/28/1986
Accident: 14500987
Description: Employee Was Crushed Between Fork Lift Truck & Shelf
Degree: Fatality
Event Date: 07/19/1984
Types of Injuries Sustained
in Underride Accidents
Death
Paralysis
Chest Compression and Trauma
Asphyxiation
Internal Bleeding
Broken Ribs
Spinal Injuries
Fractured Vertebrae
Punctured Lung
Stomach Injury
Neck and Head Injury
Ruptured Spleen
Kidney Damage
Lacerated Liver
Contusions
Pelvis and Hip Injuries
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