Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Order Picker Dies After211 Falling from a Lift Truck Suspended Pallet, North Carolina, April 30, 1997

摘要

On April 30, 1997, a 70-year-old male order picker (the victim) died after211u001efalling 8 feet from a lift truck-suspended pallet and landing on a concrete 211u001efloor. The victim was alone in the warehouse loading 35-pount boxes of clothes 211u001ehangers on the suspended pallet. When a co-worker reentered the warehouse 211u001eapproximately 1/2 hour later, he found the victim lying on his back on the floor 211u001ein an unresponsive state with no vital signs. The Emergency Medical Service (EMS) 211u001ewas summoned from the company office. When EMS personnel arrived, they summoned 211u001ethe medical examiner, who pronounced the victim dead at the scene.