A Forklift-Related Injury Occurs at Home Depot in Houston-2

Companies that use forklifts daily–such as Amazon, Home Depot, Walmart, Lowe’s, and Kroger—have a responsibility to follow safety guidelines, which are provided through the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The reality is that forklifts are associated with many workplace accidents, including fatal work injuries.

A Dallas, Texas, Worker is Killed in a Forklift Accident

A workplace fatality occurred at a Dallas company on October 3, 2022, and it demonstrates the potential dangers of forklifts. The following is from a summary of the deadly accident:

• An employee was working with a coworker at 2:30 p.m. on October 3, 2022, and they were attempting to remove the front hydraulic lift cylinder onto a forklift. Coworkers helped by using another forklift to elevate the forks in order to access its front cylinder. When one of the coworkers mounted the forklift to adjust the position of the lift in an effort to release the cylinder, the mast assembly unexpectedly fell toward the forklift cab. The employee who was working nearby was crushed and killed by the falling equipment

After an inspection was done, OSHA cited the Dallas company for four serious violations. Learn more in Part 1 and this continuing series.

There is no intention on this website to intimate that entities or individuals have engaged in misdeeds. Providing assistance to workers who are seriously hurt or killed in on-the-job accidents in Texas and the families of all the employees who suffered fatal work injuries in cases when the employer is not a workers’ comp participant in this state is one of the purposes of this website.

–Guest Contributor

Written By: smchugh

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