| An operator worker is clearing wastes in a chemical plant, using a lift truck. The wastes are put in two containers with the size of 108.5 cm x 108.5 cm x 78 cm each, which are laid down flat on a bit slanting ground. The operator has put a heavier container on the lighter one, put them both on the forks of a lift truck that is parked transverse to the slope, and is about to raise them. |
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When lifted up as high as 20 cm, the containers started to slide down sideways, hitting a fellow sweeper who happened to be nearby. He was killed, thrown under the sliding containers.
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| Tips for forestalling similar accidents
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Set working processes in advance that prohibit lifting cargos with a lift truck, while parking it transverse to a slope. |
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Allow only a licensed and designated operator to operate lift trucks. |
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Adjust the distance between each fork tine to the optimum width according to cargos to be handled. |
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Avoid partial loading. |
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Put a lighter container upon the heavier one, but never the other way round. |
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FORKLIFT ACCIDENT CASE30
